Mouse class instead of Mouse Listener class?

Question

In my previous post, I mentioned about the mouse position checking. I would like to have a Mouse class that has a getX() and getY() so I can call anytime to find where the mouse is even the mouse is not moved, instead of having it in all Listener classes. Is there any way for me to get the mouse's x and y? Since if I want to know where is the mouse, I need to use MouseEvent e within any mouseXXXX() methods. Any hints?
Many thanks,
Andy

Answer 1

Hi Andy,
Here's a starter for ten. It uses listeners but I don't see a way round that as I can't find (nor imagine) any classes that track the mouse position. If there was such another class then it would probably be called a listener as that's what it does - listen to where the mouse pointer is.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MouseTracker extends JFrame {
     private JLabel mx = new JLabel("xx");
     private JLabel mon = new JLabel("ukn");
     private JLabel my = new JLabel("yy");
     MouseTracker(){
          setTitle("MouseTracker");
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          setSize(200,200);
          addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
               public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent evnt){
                    mon.setText("Mouse at home");
               public void mouseExited(MouseEvent evnt){
                    mon.setText("Oh, sad, mouse has gone.");
          addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter(){
               public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent evnt){
                    mx.setText(Integer.toString(evnt.getX()));
                    my.setText(Integer.toString(evnt.getY()));
          Container cp = getContentPane();
          cp.add(mx, BorderLayout.NORTH);
          cp.add(mon);
          cp.add(my, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          show();
     public static void main(String[] a){
          MouseTracker t = new MouseTracker();
}I've used JLabels to illustrate the ability to determine where the mouse is, even if it's not moving.
Regards
sjl