| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006 World Wide Web Consortium, |
| * |
| * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for |
| * Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This |
| * work is distributed under the W3C(r) Software License [1] 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. |
| * |
| * [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 |
| */ |
| |
| package org.w3c.dom.events; |
| |
| /** |
| * The <code>EventListener</code> interface is the primary way for handling |
| * events. Users implement the <code>EventListener</code> interface and |
| * register their event listener on an <code>EventTarget</code>. The users |
| * should also remove their <code>EventListener</code> from its |
| * <code>EventTarget</code> after they have completed using the listener. |
| * <p> Copying a <code>Node</code>, with methods such as |
| * <code>Node.cloneNode</code> or <code>Range.cloneContents</code>, does not |
| * copy the event listeners attached to it. Event listeners must be attached |
| * to the newly created <code>Node</code> afterwards if so desired. |
| * <p> Moving a <code>Node</code>, with methods <code>Document.adoptNode</code> |
| * , <code>Node.appendChild</code>, or <code>Range.extractContents</code>, |
| * does not affect the event listeners attached to it. |
| * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-DOM-Level-3-Events-20060413'> |
| Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification |
| </a>. |
| * @since DOM Level 2 |
| */ |
| public interface EventListener { |
| /** |
| * This method is called whenever an event occurs of the event type for |
| * which the <code>EventListener</code> interface was registered. |
| * @param evt The <code>Event</code> contains contextual information |
| * about the event. |
| */ |
| public void handleEvent(Event evt); |
| |
| } |
