The JDK 1.0 release from Sun contains a very simple method of event handling. Events are sent to the component where they occur and then sent to that component's parents. You can simply subclass a component or one of the component's parents to implement a method to handle events. The JDK 1.1 release introduced a new way to deal with events. In the 1.1 model, events are distributed using delegation.
Objects register themselves as being interested in receiving events from other objects.
It also allows any object, not just a user-interface component, to receive events from a component. Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.