Overview | Package | Class | Use | Tree | Deprecated | Index | Help
| Java™ Platform Standard Ed. 6
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS | FRAMES NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD | DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

## java.awt
Class PointerInfo

    java.lang.Object
      java.awt.PointerInfo

    public class PointerInfo

extends Object

A class that describes the pointer position. It provides the `GraphicsDevice` where the pointer is and the `Point` that represents the coordinates of the pointer.

Instances of this class should be obtained via `MouseInfo.getPointerInfo()`. The `PointerInfo` instance is not updated dynamically as the mouse moves. To get the updated location, you must call `MouseInfo.getPointerInfo()` again.

Since:
  1.5
See Also:
  `MouseInfo.getPointerInfo()`

Method Summary
`GraphicsDevice` | `getDevice()` Returns the `GraphicsDevice` where the mouse pointer was at the moment this `PointerInfo` was created.
`Point` | `getLocation()` Returns the `Point` that represents the coordinates of the pointer on the screen.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

### getDevice

    public GraphicsDevice getDevice()

  Returns the `GraphicsDevice` where the mouse pointer was at the moment this `PointerInfo` was created.

  Returns:
    `GraphicsDevice` corresponding to the pointer
  Since:
    1.5

### getLocation

    public Point getLocation()

  Returns the `Point` that represents the coordinates of the pointer on the screen. See `MouseInfo.getPointerInfo()` for more information about coordinate calculation for multiscreen systems.

  Returns:
    coordinates of mouse pointer
  Since:
    1.5
  See Also:
    `MouseInfo`, `MouseInfo.getPointerInfo()`

Overview | Package | Class | Use | Tree | Deprecated | Index | Help
| Java™ Platform Standard Ed. 6
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS | FRAMES NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD | DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Developer Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.

Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.