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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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.
+ *
+ * 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package org.netbeans.jemmy.drivers.input;
+
+import java.awt.AWTEvent;
+import java.awt.Component;
+
+import org.netbeans.jemmy.ComponentIsNotVisibleException;
+import org.netbeans.jemmy.QueueTool;
+import org.netbeans.jemmy.drivers.LightSupportiveDriver;
+
+/**
+ * Superclass for all drivers using event dispatching.
+ *
+ * @author Alexandre Iline(alexandre.iline@oracle.com)
+ */
+public class EventDriver extends LightSupportiveDriver {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an EventDriver object.
+     *
+     * @param supported an array of supported class names
+     */
+    public EventDriver(String[] supported) {
+        super(supported);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an EventDriver object suporting ComponentOperator.
+     */
+    public EventDriver() {
+        this(new String[]{"org.netbeans.jemmy.operators.ComponentOperator"});
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dispatches an event to the component.
+     *
+     * @param comp Component to dispatch events to.
+     * @param event an event to dispatch.
+     */
+    public void dispatchEvent(Component comp, AWTEvent event) {
+//        checkVisibility(comp);
+        QueueTool.processEvent(event);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks component visibility.
+     *
+     * @param component a component.
+     */
+    protected void checkVisibility(Component component) {
+        if (!component.isVisible()) {
+            throw (new ComponentIsNotVisibleException(component));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Class used fot execution of an event through the dispatching thread.
+     */
+    protected class Dispatcher extends QueueTool.QueueAction<Void> {
+
+        AWTEvent event;
+        Component component;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs an EventDriver$Dispatcher object.
+         *
+         * @param component a component to dispatch event to.
+         * @param e an event to dispatch.
+         */
+        public Dispatcher(Component component, AWTEvent e) {
+            super(e.getClass().getName() + " event dispatching");
+            this.component = component;
+            event = e;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Void launch() {
+            checkVisibility(component);
+            component.dispatchEvent(event);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}