/**
* Jexer - Java Text User Interface
*
- * Version: $Id$
- *
- * Author: Kevin Lamonte, <a href="mailto:kevin.lamonte@gmail.com">kevin.lamonte@gmail.com</a>
- *
* License: LGPLv3 or later
*
- * Copyright: This module is licensed under the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License Version 3. Please see the file "COPYING" in this
- * directory for more information about the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License Version 3.
+ * This module is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * Version 3. Please see the file "COPYING" in this directory for more
+ * information about the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3.
*
* Copyright (C) 2015 Kevin Lamonte
*
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/, or write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ * @author Kevin Lamonte [kevin.lamonte@gmail.com]
+ * @version 1
*/
package jexer.event;
import java.util.Date;
/**
- * This is the parent class of all events received from the Terminal.
+ * This is the parent class of all events dispatched to the UI.
*/
-public class TInputEvent {
+public abstract class TInputEvent {
/**
- * Time at which event was generated
+ * Time at which event was generated.
*/
- public Date timestamp;
+ private Date time;
+
+ /**
+ * Get time.
+ *
+ * @return the time that this event was generated
+ */
+ public final Date getTime() {
+ return time;
+ }
/**
- * Public contructor
+ * Protected contructor.
*/
- public TInputEvent() {
- // Save the current time
- timestamp = new Date();
+ protected TInputEvent() {
+ // Save the current time
+ time = new Date();
}
}