mouseDown method

[Keebler]

I can't seem to figure out a way to determine if a mouseDown condition has taken place.

I am attempting something along these lines:

if (mouseDown() == true) {
do something
}

I believe mouseDown should return true, at least that's how I have the mouseDown code written, but I can't seem to determine a way to capture the mouseDown event.

Here's the mouseDown code that gives me my x,y coordinates:

public boolean mouseDown(Event e, int x, int y) {
points.addElement(new Point(x, y));
repaint();
return true;
}

In my paint class I need to check if a mouseDown event occured.

Hope that all makes sense.