The event handling process in Java follows these steps: User Interaction with a component is required to generate an event. The object of the respective event class is created automatically after event generation, and it holds all information of the event source. The newly created object is passed to the methods of the registered listener.

The EventHandler class provides support for dynamically generating event listeners whose methods execute a simple statement involving an incoming event object and a target object. The EventHandler class is intended to be used by interactive tools, such as application builders, that allow developers to make connections between beans.

Events are divided into two categories: foreground events and background events. Event handling is a system that manages events and defines what should happen when an event occurs. Java follows a delegated event model for event handling. For handling events, the java.awt.event package provides a set of event classes and listener interfaces.

In Java, you can manage events by creating a distinct class to implement the event listener interface. This method is more organized and is commonly employed when the event-handling logic is more complicated or when there is a desire to distinguish the logic from the user interface (UI) elements.