How do I use the right mouse key event

I'm not sure how you tell which button is the right, 2 or 3? It is platform and hardware dependent.

However, something like this should tell you

import java.awt.event.*;
import
Component.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
  public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
    int modifiers = e.getModifiers();
    // check for button 3
    if((modifiers & InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK)!=0) { }
    // check for button 2
    if((modifiers & InputEvent.BUTTON2_MASK)!=0) { }
  }
});

And on the Mac, it's button 1 :-)

Finding which button number is pressed is simple as pointed out, but knowing whether its the right button is a different question. (Try running the 'proposed solution' with a two button mouse).

If your looking for a cross-platform solution then you're probably better off using the isPopupTrigger() method in MouseEvent. It returns true if the mouse event is the popup-menu trigger event for the specific platform. Generally this is the right mouse button.

I think that program will work fine on Mac too.  I don't have a scope to test it on Mac.  It is working fine on windows platform.  I have visited the following links for finding out a solution for this, but I didn't find anyone of them mentioning about platform dependency.

http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=4147
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/events/mouselistener.html
http://www.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/~turau/java/faq_c.html - See Question number 39.

http://www.bit.umkc.edu/vu/course/CS349/lectures/GUI-Components/gui-components.html  -  Search for "Right and Left Mouse Buttons" on the page.

There references may clarify your doubt.  Otherwise, the best way is to test it on different platforms.

The last link specified that Mac mouses will have only one button, and he gave a similar example, as that for windows.

From one of your references:

"The mouse listener methods don't distinguish between a right and left mouse click. Detecting right and left mouse clicks isn't an integral part of the API. This isn't unreasonable since right and left mouse clicks are not supported on all platforms."

The code you provided will work fine most of the time, and is the 'standard' answer to the question. But it's not truly platform independant, for example left handers and Mac users will find it either annoying or unusable.
Though this is more an issue regarding interface design than with your code :)

Excellent answer!! Thanks for your help