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diff --git a/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/w3c_dom/org/w3c/dom/events/DocumentEvent.java b/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/w3c_dom/org/w3c/dom/events/DocumentEvent.java new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76644bc5a --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/external/w3c_dom/org/w3c/dom/events/DocumentEvent.java @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium, + * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de + * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All + * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software + * Intellectual Property License. This program 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 W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details. + */ + +package org.w3c.dom.events; + +import org.w3c.dom.DOMException; + +/** + * The <code>DocumentEvent</code> interface provides a mechanism by which the + * user can create an Event of a type supported by the implementation. It is + * expected that the <code>DocumentEvent</code> interface will be + * implemented on the same object which implements the <code>Document</code> + * interface in an implementation which supports the Event model. + * <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 DocumentEvent { + /** + * + * @param eventType The <code>eventType</code> parameter specifies the + * type of <code>Event</code> interface to be created. If the + * <code>Event</code> interface specified is supported by the + * implementation this method will return a new <code>Event</code> of + * the interface type requested. If the <code>Event</code> is to be + * dispatched via the <code>dispatchEvent</code> method the + * appropriate event init method must be called after creation in + * order to initialize the <code>Event</code>'s values. As an example, + * a user wishing to synthesize some kind of <code>UIEvent</code> + * would call <code>createEvent</code> with the parameter "UIEvents". + * The <code>initUIEvent</code> method could then be called on the + * newly created <code>UIEvent</code> to set the specific type of + * UIEvent to be dispatched and set its context information.The + * <code>createEvent</code> method is used in creating + * <code>Event</code>s when it is either inconvenient or unnecessary + * for the user to create an <code>Event</code> themselves. In cases + * where the implementation provided <code>Event</code> is + * insufficient, users may supply their own <code>Event</code> + * implementations for use with the <code>dispatchEvent</code> method. + * @return The newly created <code>Event</code> + * @exception DOMException + * NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support the + * type of <code>Event</code> interface requested + */ + public Event createEvent(String eventType) + throws DOMException; + +} |