Java AWT | MouseInfo and PointerInfo

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MouseInfo and PointerInfo is a part of Java AWT. MouseInfo provides information about the location of the pointer and the number of buttons on the mouse. PointerInfo provides information returns the information about the location of the pointer and the graphics device.

Methods of MouseInfo

Method	Explanation
getNumberOfButtons()	Returns the number of buttons on the mouse.
getPointerInfo()	Returns a PointerInfo object that represents the current location and graphics device of the pointer.

Methods of PointerInfo

Method	Explanation
getDevice()	Returns the graphics device on which mouse was present when the object was created .
getLocation()	Returns a point object that gives the location of the mouse pointer.

Example Program to find the number of buttons on the Mouse

// Java Program to find the number of
// buttons on the mouse
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
  
class numberofbuttons {
  
    // Main Method
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        int numberofbuttons;
  
        // number of buttons in the mouse
        numberofbuttons = MouseInfo.getNumberOfButtons();
  
        // print the number of buttons
        System.out.println("Number of buttons on the mouse =" 
                                           + numberofbuttons);
    }
}

Output:

Number of buttons on the mouse = 5

Example Program to show the Position of Mouse

// Java Program to show the
// position of mouse
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
  
class mouse extends JFrame {
  
    boolean b;
  
    // label
    JLabel l, l1;
  
    // Main Method
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
  
        // create object
        mouse m = new mouse();
    }
  
    // default constructor
    mouse()
    {
        super("mouse");
  
        // create labels
        l = new JLabel("");
        l1 = new JLabel("");
  
        // create a panel
        JPanel p = new JPanel();
  
        // add labels to panel
        p.add(l);
        p.add(l1);
  
        add(p);
        show();
        setSize(300, 300);
  
        b = true;
        execute();
    }
  
    public void execute()
    {
        while (b) {
            // get the pointer info object from the mouseInfo
            PointerInfo pi = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
  
            // get the location of mouse
            Point p = pi.getLocation();
  
            // set the text of labels
            l.setText("x position =" + p.getX());
            l1.setText("y position =" + p.getY());
        }
    }
}