In the table that follows, the first column gives the name of the listener interface, with either a link to the tutorial page that discusses the listener or, if the tutorial doesn't discuss the listener, a link to the API docs. The second column names the corresponding adapter class, if any. (For a discussion of using adapters, see Using Adapters and Inner Classes to Handle Events.) The third column lists the methods that the listener interface contains and shows the type of the event object passed into the method. Typically, the listener, the adapter, and the event type have the same name prefix, but this is not always the case.

To see which Swing components can fire which kinds of events, see Listeners Supported by Swing Components.

Listener Interface	Adapter Class	Listener Methods
ActionListener	none	actionPerformed(ActionEvent)
AncestorListener	none	ancestorAdded(AncestorEvent) ancestorMoved(AncestorEvent) ancestorRemoved(AncestorEvent)
CaretListener	none	caretUpdate(CaretEvent)
CellEditorListener	none	editingStopped(ChangeEvent) editingCanceled(ChangeEvent)
ChangeListener	none	stateChanged(ChangeEvent)
ComponentListener	ComponentAdapter	componentHidden(ComponentEvent) componentMoved(ComponentEvent) componentResized(ComponentEvent) componentShown(ComponentEvent)
ContainerListener	ContainerAdapter	componentAdded(ContainerEvent) componentRemoved(ContainerEvent)
DocumentListener	none	changedUpdate(DocumentEvent) insertUpdate(DocumentEvent) removeUpdate(DocumentEvent)
ExceptionListener	none	exceptionThrown(Exception)
FocusListener	FocusAdapter	focusGained(FocusEvent) focusLost(FocusEvent)
HierarchyBoundsListener	HierarchyBoundsAdapter	ancestorMoved(HierarchyEvent) ancestorResized(HierarchyEvent)
HierarchyListener	none	hierarchyChanged(HierarchyEvent)
HyperlinkListener	none	hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent)
InputMethodListener	none	caretPositionChanged(InputMethodEvent) inputMethodTextChanged(InputMethodEvent)
InternalFrameListener	InternalFrameAdapter	internalFrameActivated(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameClosed(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameClosing(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameDeactivated(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameDeiconified(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameIconified(InternalFrameEvent) internalFrameOpened(InternalFrameEvent)
ItemListener	none	itemStateChanged(ItemEvent)
KeyListener	KeyAdapter	keyPressed(KeyEvent) keyReleased(KeyEvent) keyTyped(KeyEvent)
ListDataListener	none	contentsChanged(ListDataEvent) intervalAdded(ListDataEvent) intervalRemoved(ListDataEvent)
ListSelectionListener	none	valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent)
MenuDragMouseListener	none	menuDragMouseDragged(MenuDragMouseEvent) menuDragMouseEntered(MenuDragMouseEvent) menuDragMouseExited(MenuDragMouseEvent) menuDragMouseReleased(MenuDragMouseEvent)
MenuKeyListener	none	menuKeyPressed(MenuKeyEvent) menuKeyReleased(MenuKeyEvent) menuKeyTyped(MenuKeyEvent)
MenuListener	none	menuCanceled(MenuEvent) menuDeselected(MenuEvent) menuSelected(MenuEvent)
MouseInputListener (extends MouseListener and MouseMotionListener	MouseInputAdapter MouseAdapter	mouseClicked(MouseEvent) mouseEntered(MouseEvent) mouseExited(MouseEvent) mousePressed(MouseEvent) mouseReleased(MouseEvent) mouseDragged(MouseEvent) mouseMoved(MouseEvent) MouseAdapter(MouseEvent)
MouseListener	MouseAdapter, MouseInputAdapter	mouseClicked(MouseEvent) mouseEntered(MouseEvent) mouseExited(MouseEvent) mousePressed(MouseEvent) mouseReleased(MouseEvent)
MouseMotionListener	MouseMotionAdapter, MouseInputAdapter	mouseDragged(MouseEvent) mouseMoved(MouseEvent)
MouseWheelListener	MouseAdapter	mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent) MouseAdapter
PopupMenuListener	none	popupMenuCanceled(PopupMenuEvent) popupMenuWillBecomeInvisible(PopupMenuEvent) popupMenuWillBecomeVisible(PopupMenuEvent)
PropertyChangeListener	none	propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent)
TableColumnModelListener	none	columnAdded(TableColumnModelEvent) columnMoved(TableColumnModelEvent) columnRemoved(TableColumnModelEvent) columnMarginChanged(ChangeEvent) columnSelectionChanged(ListSelectionEvent)
TableModelListener	none	tableChanged(TableModelEvent)
TreeExpansionListener	none	treeCollapsed(TreeExpansionEvent) treeExpanded(TreeExpansionEvent)
TreeModelListener	none	treeNodesChanged(TreeModelEvent) treeNodesInserted(TreeModelEvent) treeNodesRemoved(TreeModelEvent) treeStructureChanged(TreeModelEvent)
TreeSelectionListener	none	valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent)
TreeWillExpandListener	none	treeWillCollapse(TreeExpansionEvent) treeWillExpand(TreeExpansionEvent)
UndoableEditListener	none	undoableEditHappened(UndoableEditEvent)
VetoableChangeListener	none	vetoableChange(PropertyChangeEvent)
WindowFocusListener	WindowAdapter	windowGainedFocus(WindowEvent) windowLostFocus(WindowEvent)
WindowListener	WindowAdapter	windowActivated(WindowEvent) windowClosed(WindowEvent) windowClosing(WindowEvent) windowDeactivated(WindowEvent) windowDeiconified(WindowEvent) windowIconified(WindowEvent) windowOpened(WindowEvent)
WindowStateListener	WindowAdapter	windowStateChanged(WindowEvent)