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package org.w3c.dom.events;

/**

 * The <code>Event</code> interface is used to provide contextual information

 * about an event to the handler processing the event. An object which

 * implements the <code>Event</code> interface is generally passed as the

 * first parameter to an event handler. More specific context information is

 * passed to event handlers by deriving additional interfaces from

 * <code>Event</code> which contain information directly relating to the

 * type of event they accompany. These derived interfaces are also

 * implemented by the object passed to the event listener.

 * <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>.

 * @since DOM Level 2

 */

public interface Event {

    // PhaseType

    /**

     * The current event phase is the capturing phase.

     */

    public static final short CAPTURING_PHASE           = 1;

    /**

     * The event is currently being evaluated at the target

     * <code>EventTarget</code>.

     */

    public static final short AT_TARGET                 = 2;

    /**

     * The current event phase is the bubbling phase.

     */

    public static final short BUBBLING_PHASE            = 3;

    /**

     * The name of the event (case-insensitive). The name must be an XML name.

     */

    public String getType();

    /**

     * Used to indicate the <code>EventTarget</code> to which the event was

     * originally dispatched.

     */

    public EventTarget getTarget();

    /**

     * Used to indicate the <code>EventTarget</code> whose

     * <code>EventListeners</code> are currently being processed. This is

     * particularly useful during capturing and bubbling.

     */

    public EventTarget getCurrentTarget();

    /**

     * Used to indicate which phase of event flow is currently being

     * evaluated.

     */

    public short getEventPhase();

    /**

     * Used to indicate whether or not an event is a bubbling event. If the

     * event can bubble the value is true, else the value is false.

     */

    public boolean getBubbles();

    /**

     * Used to indicate whether or not an event can have its default action

     * prevented. If the default action can be prevented the value is true,

     * else the value is false.

     */

    public boolean getCancelable();

    /**

     *  Used to specify the time (in milliseconds relative to the epoch) at

     * which the event was created. Due to the fact that some systems may

     * not provide this information the value of <code>timeStamp</code> may

     * be not available for all events. When not available, a value of 0

     * will be returned. Examples of epoch time are the time of the system

     * start or 0:0:0 UTC 1st January 1970.

     */

    public long getTimeStamp();

    /**

     * The <code>stopPropagation</code> method is used prevent further

     * propagation of an event during event flow. If this method is called

     * by any <code>EventListener</code> the event will cease propagating

     * through the tree. The event will complete dispatch to all listeners

     * on the current <code>EventTarget</code> before event flow stops. This

     * method may be used during any stage of event flow.

     */

    public void stopPropagation();

    /**

     * If an event is cancelable, the <code>preventDefault</code> method is

     * used to signify that the event is to be canceled, meaning any default

     * action normally taken by the implementation as a result of the event

     * will not occur. If, during any stage of event flow, the

     * <code>preventDefault</code> method is called the event is canceled.

     * Any default action associated with the event will not occur. Calling

     * this method for a non-cancelable event has no effect. Once

     * <code>preventDefault</code> has been called it will remain in effect

     * throughout the remainder of the event's propagation. This method may

     * be used during any stage of event flow.

     */

    public void preventDefault();

    /**

     * The <code>initEvent</code> method is used to initialize the value of an

     * <code>Event</code> created through the <code>DocumentEvent</code>

     * interface. This method may only be called before the

     * <code>Event</code> has been dispatched via the

     * <code>dispatchEvent</code> method, though it may be called multiple

     * times during that phase if necessary. If called multiple times the

     * final invocation takes precedence. If called from a subclass of

     * <code>Event</code> interface only the values specified in the

     * <code>initEvent</code> method are modified, all other attributes are

     * left unchanged.

     * @param eventTypeArg Specifies the event type. This type may be any

     *   event type currently defined in this specification or a new event

     *   type.. The string must be an XML name. Any new event type must not

     *   begin with any upper, lower, or mixed case version of the string

     *   "DOM". This prefix is reserved for future DOM event sets. It is

     *   also strongly recommended that third parties adding their own

     *   events use their own prefix to avoid confusion and lessen the

     *   probability of conflicts with other new events.

     * @param canBubbleArg Specifies whether or not the event can bubble.

     * @param cancelableArg Specifies whether or not the event's default

     *   action can be prevented.

     */

    public void initEvent(String eventTypeArg,

                          boolean canBubbleArg,

                          boolean cancelableArg);

}