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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
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3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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7 *
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8 * Contributors:
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9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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10 *******************************************************************************/
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11 module dwt.widgets.Listener;
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13 import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
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16 /**
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17 * Implementers of <code>Listener</code> provide a simple
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18 * <code>handleEvent()</code> method that is used internally
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19 * by DWT to dispatch events.
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20 * <p>
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21 * After creating an instance of a class that implements this interface
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22 * it can be added to a widget using the
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23 * <code>addListener(int eventType, Listener handler)</code> method and
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24 * removed using the
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25 * <code>removeListener (int eventType, Listener handler)</code> method.
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26 * When the specified event occurs, <code>handleEvent(...)</code> will
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27 * be sent to the instance.
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28 * </p>
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29 * <p>
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30 * Classes which implement this interface are described within DWT as
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31 * providing the <em>untyped listener</em> API. Typically, widgets will
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32 * also provide a higher-level <em>typed listener</em> API, that is based
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33 * on the standard <code>java.util.EventListener</code> pattern.
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34 * </p>
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35 * <p>
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36 * Note that, since all internal DWT event dispatching is based on untyped
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37 * listeners, it is simple to build subsets of DWT for use on memory
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38 * constrained, small footprint devices, by removing the classes and
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39 * methods which implement the typed listener API.
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40 * </p>
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41 *
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42 * @see Widget#addListener
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43 * @see java.util.EventListener
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44 * @see dwt.events
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45 */
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46 public interface Listener {
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48 /**
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49 * Sent when an event that the receiver has registered for occurs.
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50 *
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51 * @param event the event which occurred
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52 */
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53 void handleEvent (Event event);
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54 }