jaxp/src/share/classes/org/w3c/dom/events/EventTarget.java
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    42 package org.w3c.dom.events;
       
    43 
       
    44 /**
       
    45  *  The <code>EventTarget</code> interface is implemented by all
       
    46  * <code>Nodes</code> in an implementation which supports the DOM Event
       
    47  * Model. Therefore, this interface can be obtained by using
       
    48  * binding-specific casting methods on an instance of the <code>Node</code>
       
    49  * interface. The interface allows registration and removal of
       
    50  * <code>EventListeners</code> on an <code>EventTarget</code> and dispatch
       
    51  * of events to that <code>EventTarget</code>.
       
    52  * <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>.
       
    53  * @since DOM Level 2
       
    54  */
       
    55 public interface EventTarget {
       
    56     /**
       
    57      * This method allows the registration of event listeners on the event
       
    58      * target. If an <code>EventListener</code> is added to an
       
    59      * <code>EventTarget</code> while it is processing an event, it will not
       
    60      * be triggered by the current actions but may be triggered during a
       
    61      * later stage of event flow, such as the bubbling phase.
       
    62      * <br> If multiple identical <code>EventListener</code>s are registered
       
    63      * on the same <code>EventTarget</code> with the same parameters the
       
    64      * duplicate instances are discarded. They do not cause the
       
    65      * <code>EventListener</code> to be called twice and since they are
       
    66      * discarded they do not need to be removed with the
       
    67      * <code>removeEventListener</code> method.
       
    68      * @param type The event type for which the user is registering
       
    69      * @param listener The <code>listener</code> parameter takes an interface
       
    70      *   implemented by the user which contains the methods to be called
       
    71      *   when the event occurs.
       
    72      * @param useCapture If true, <code>useCapture</code> indicates that the
       
    73      *   user wishes to initiate capture. After initiating capture, all
       
    74      *   events of the specified type will be dispatched to the registered
       
    75      *   <code>EventListener</code> before being dispatched to any
       
    76      *   <code>EventTargets</code> beneath them in the tree. Events which
       
    77      *   are bubbling upward through the tree will not trigger an
       
    78      *   <code>EventListener</code> designated to use capture.
       
    79      */
       
    80     public void addEventListener(String type,
       
    81                                  EventListener listener,
       
    82                                  boolean useCapture);
       
    83 
       
    84     /**
       
    85      * This method allows the removal of event listeners from the event
       
    86      * target. If an <code>EventListener</code> is removed from an
       
    87      * <code>EventTarget</code> while it is processing an event, it will not
       
    88      * be triggered by the current actions. <code>EventListener</code>s can
       
    89      * never be invoked after being removed.
       
    90      * <br>Calling <code>removeEventListener</code> with arguments which do
       
    91      * not identify any currently registered <code>EventListener</code> on
       
    92      * the <code>EventTarget</code> has no effect.
       
    93      * @param type Specifies the event type of the <code>EventListener</code>
       
    94      *   being removed.
       
    95      * @param listener The <code>EventListener</code> parameter indicates the
       
    96      *   <code>EventListener </code> to be removed.
       
    97      * @param useCapture Specifies whether the <code>EventListener</code>
       
    98      *   being removed was registered as a capturing listener or not. If a
       
    99      *   listener was registered twice, one with capture and one without,
       
   100      *   each must be removed separately. Removal of a capturing listener
       
   101      *   does not affect a non-capturing version of the same listener, and
       
   102      *   vice versa.
       
   103      */
       
   104     public void removeEventListener(String type,
       
   105                                     EventListener listener,
       
   106                                     boolean useCapture);
       
   107 
       
   108     /**
       
   109      * This method allows the dispatch of events into the implementations
       
   110      * event model. Events dispatched in this manner will have the same
       
   111      * capturing and bubbling behavior as events dispatched directly by the
       
   112      * implementation. The target of the event is the
       
   113      * <code> EventTarget</code> on which <code>dispatchEvent</code> is
       
   114      * called.
       
   115      * @param evt Specifies the event type, behavior, and contextual
       
   116      *   information to be used in processing the event.
       
   117      * @return The return value of <code>dispatchEvent</code> indicates
       
   118      *   whether any of the listeners which handled the event called
       
   119      *   <code>preventDefault</code>. If <code>preventDefault</code> was
       
   120      *   called the value is false, else the value is true.
       
   121      * @exception EventException
       
   122      *   UNSPECIFIED_EVENT_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the <code>Event</code>'s type
       
   123      *   was not specified by initializing the event before
       
   124      *   <code>dispatchEvent</code> was called. Specification of the
       
   125      *   <code>Event</code>'s type as <code>null</code> or an empty string
       
   126      *   will also trigger this exception.
       
   127      */
       
   128     public boolean dispatchEvent(Event evt)
       
   129                                  throws EventException;
       
   130 
       
   131 }