mousePressed and responding to it

[Rene Ott]

When I create and event and I respond it with method mousePressed() then what is difference between these two:

      public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { 
         if (e.getSource().equals(panel)) {
            panel.repaint();
         }
      }

      public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { 
         Component source = (Component) e.getSource();
         source.repaint();
      }

Could anyone explain me, what is happening in the second code

[Rob Spoor]

Welcome to the Ranch!

Well, the difference is that one example repaints the source always, and the other only if it's one specific panel. I think you can figure out which is which.

[Rene Ott]

For example, if I have Applet with two panels, then the second code repaints that panel where the click was made. Am I right?

[Michael Dunn]

> Am I right?

what happened when you tried it?

[Rene Ott]

I didn't have chance before to try out. That's why the question was before experiment. But yes, I was right. Thanks for help ;)