Package swingtree.input

Class Keyboard

java.lang.Object

swingtree.input.Keyboard

public final class Keyboard
extends Object

This is a simple Singleton class representing the current state of the keyboard. It is not a keyboard shortcut implementation but merely a fast API to check if a certain key on the keyboard has been pressed... The keyboard class can not be used to hook up lambda callbacks, but merely ought to serve as a convenient way to query the current state of the keyboard!

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	Keyboard.Key	This enum represents all the keys on the keyboard which can be queried for their current state.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Keyboard	get()	Exposes the singleton instance of the Keyboard class.
boolean	isPressed(Keyboard.Key key)	This method checks if the supplied Keyboard.Key is currently pressed on the keyboard.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

get

public static Keyboard get()

Exposes the singleton instance of the Keyboard class.

Returns:

The singleton instance of the Keyboard class.

isPressed

public boolean isPressed(Keyboard.Key key)

This method checks if the supplied Keyboard.Key is currently pressed on the keyboard.

Parameters:

key - An instance of the Keyboard.Key enum representing a keyboard key.

Returns:

The truth value determining if the specified Keyboard.Key type is currently pressed by the user.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the supplied Keyboard.Key is null, use Keyboard.Key.NONE instead to check if no key is currently pressed.