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+/*
+ * Copyright 1994-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+package java.util;
+
+/**
+ * A class can implement the <code>Observer</code> interface when it
+ * wants to be informed of changes in observable objects.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Warth
+ * @see java.util.Observable
+ * @since JDK1.0
+ */
+public interface Observer {
+ /**
+ * This method is called whenever the observed object is changed. An
+ * application calls an <tt>Observable</tt> object's
+ * <code>notifyObservers</code> method to have all the object's
+ * observers notified of the change.
+ *
+ * @param o the observable object.
+ * @param arg an argument passed to the <code>notifyObservers</code>
+ * method.
+ */
+ void update(Observable o, Object arg);
+}