| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium, |
| * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de |
| * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All |
| * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software |
| * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the |
| * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even |
| * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR |
| * PURPOSE. See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more |
| * details. |
| */ |
| |
| package org.w3c.dom.events; |
| |
| /** |
| * The <code>EventListener</code> interface is the primary method for |
| * handling events. Users implement the <code>EventListener</code> interface |
| * and register their listener on an <code>EventTarget</code> using the |
| * <code>AddEventListener</code> method. The users should also remove their |
| * <code>EventListener</code> from its <code>EventTarget</code> after they |
| * have completed using the listener. |
| * @since DOM Level 2 |
| */ |
| public interface EventListener { |
| /** |
| * This method is called whenever an event occurs of the type for which |
| * the <code>EventListener</code> interface was registered. |
| * @param evt The <code>Event</code> contains contextual information |
| * about the event. It also contains the <code>stopPropagation</code> |
| * and <code>preventDefault</code> methods which are used in |
| * determining the event's flow and default action. |
| */ |
| public void handleEvent(Event evt); |
| |
| } |
| |