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## java.awt.event
Interface MouseListener

All Superinterfaces:
  EventListener

All Known Subinterfaces:
  MouseInputListener

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AWTEventMulticaster, BasicButtonListener, BasicInternalFrameUI.GlassPaneDispatcher, BasicListUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicMenuItemUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicMenuUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicTableHeaderUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicTableUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicToolBarUI.DockingListener, BasicTreeUI.MouseInputHandler, DefaultCaret, MouseAdapter, MouseDragGestureRecognizer, MouseInputAdapter

public interface MouseListener
extends EventListener

The listener interface for receiving "interesting" mouse events (press, release, click, enter, and exit) on a component. (To track mouse moves and mouse drags, use the `MouseMotionListener`.)

The class that is interested in processing a mouse event either implements this interface (and all the methods it contains) or extends the abstract `MouseAdapter` class (overriding only the methods of interest).

The listener object created from that class is then registered with a component using the component's `addMouseListener` method. A mouse event is generated when the mouse is pressed, released clicked (pressed and released). A mouse event is also generated when the mouse cursor enters or leaves a component. When a mouse event occurs, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and the `MouseEvent` is passed to it.

Since:
  1.1
See Also:
  `MouseAdapter`, `MouseEvent`, Tutorial: Writing a Mouse Listener, Reference: The Java Class Libraries (update file)

Method Summary
`void` | `mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)` Invoked when the mouse button has been clicked (pressed and released) on a component.
`void` | `mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)` Invoked when the mouse enters a component.
`void` | `mouseExited(MouseEvent e)` Invoked when the mouse exits a component.
`void` | `mousePressed(MouseEvent e)` Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a component.
`void` | `mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)` Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a component.

Method Detail

### mouseClicked

    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)

  Invoked when the mouse button has been clicked (pressed and released) on a component.

### mousePressed

    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)

  Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a component.

### mouseReleased

    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)

  Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a component.

### mouseEntered

    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)

  Invoked when the mouse enters a component.

### mouseExited

    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)

  Invoked when the mouse exits a component.

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