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package java.awt.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**

 * The listener interface for receiving item events.

 * The class that is interested in processing an item event

 * implements this interface. The object created with that

 * class is then registered with a component using the

 * component's <code>addItemListener</code> method. When an

 * item-selection event occurs, the listener object's

 * <code>itemStateChanged</code> method is invoked.

 *

 * @author Amy Fowler

 *

 * @see java.awt.ItemSelectable

 * @see ItemEvent

 *

 * @since 1.1

 */

public interface ItemListener extends EventListener {

    /**

     * Invoked when an item has been selected or deselected by the user.

     * The code written for this method performs the operations

     * that need to occur when an item is selected (or deselected).

     */

    void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e);

}