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package java.util.prefs;

import java.io.NotSerializableException;

/**

 * An event emitted by a <tt>Preferences</tt> node to indicate that

 * a child of that node has been added or removed.<p>

 *

 * Note, that although NodeChangeEvent inherits Serializable interface from

 * java.util.EventObject, it is not intended to be Serializable. Appropriate

 * serialization methods are implemented to throw NotSerializableException.

 *

 * @author  Josh Bloch

 * @see     Preferences

 * @see     NodeChangeListener

 * @see     PreferenceChangeEvent

 * @since   1.4

 * @serial  exclude

 */

public class NodeChangeEvent extends java.util.EventObject {

    /**

     * The node that was added or removed.

     *

     * @serial

     */

    private Preferences child;

    /**

     * Constructs a new <code>NodeChangeEvent</code> instance.

     *

     * @param parent  The parent of the node that was added or removed.

     * @param child   The node that was added or removed.

     */

    public NodeChangeEvent(Preferences parent, Preferences child) {

        super(parent);

        this.child = child;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the parent of the node that was added or removed.

     *

     * @return  The parent Preferences node whose child was added or removed

     */

    public Preferences getParent() {

        return (Preferences) getSource();

    }

    /**

     * Returns the node that was added or removed.

     *

     * @return  The node that was added or removed.

     */

    public Preferences getChild() {

        return child;

    }

    /**

     * Throws NotSerializableException, since NodeChangeEvent objects are not

     * intended to be serializable.

     */

     private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)

                                               throws NotSerializableException {

         throw new NotSerializableException("Not serializable.");

     }

    /**

     * Throws NotSerializableException, since NodeChangeEvent objects are not

     * intended to be serializable.

     */

     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)

                                               throws NotSerializableException {

         throw new NotSerializableException("Not serializable.");

     }

    // Defined so that this class isn't flagged as a potential problem when

    // searches for missing serialVersionUID fields are done.

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8068949086596572957L;

}