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/*
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* Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
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* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
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* Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
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* Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
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* Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
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* hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
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* the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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* PURPOSE.
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* See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
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*/
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package org.w3c.dom.events;
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/**
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* The <code>EventListener</code> interface is the primary method for
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* handling events. Users implement the <code>EventListener</code> interface
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* and register their listener on an <code>EventTarget</code> using the
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* <code>AddEventListener</code> method. The users should also remove their
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* <code>EventListener</code> from its <code>EventTarget</code> after they
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* have completed using the listener.
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* <p> When a <code>Node</code> is copied using the <code>cloneNode</code>
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* method the <code>EventListener</code>s attached to the source
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* <code>Node</code> are not attached to the copied <code>Node</code>. If
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* the user wishes the same <code>EventListener</code>s to be added to the
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* newly created copy the user must add them manually.
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* <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification</a>.
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* @since DOM Level 2
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*/
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public interface EventListener {
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/**
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* This method is called whenever an event occurs of the type for which
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* the <code> EventListener</code> interface was registered.
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* @param evt The <code>Event</code> contains contextual information
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* about the event. It also contains the <code>stopPropagation</code>
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* and <code>preventDefault</code> methods which are used in
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* determining the event's flow and default action.
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*/
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public void handleEvent(Event evt);
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}
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