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package java.awt.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

import java.awt.AWTEvent;

/**

 * The listener interface for receiving notification of events

 * dispatched to objects that are instances of Component or

 * MenuComponent or their subclasses.  Unlike the other EventListeners

 * in this package, AWTEventListeners passively observe events

 * being dispatched in the AWT, system-wide.  Most applications

 * should never use this class; applications which might use

 * AWTEventListeners include event recorders for automated testing,

 * and facilities such as the Java Accessibility package.

 * <p>

 * The class that is interested in monitoring AWT events

 * implements this interface, and the object created with that

 * class is registered with the Toolkit, using the Toolkit's

 * <code>addAWTEventListener</code> method.  When an event is

 * dispatched anywhere in the AWT, that object's

 * <code>eventDispatched</code> method is invoked.

 *

 * @see java.awt.AWTEvent

 * @see java.awt.Toolkit#addAWTEventListener

 * @see java.awt.Toolkit#removeAWTEventListener

 *

 * @author Fred Ecks

 * @since 1.2

 */

public interface AWTEventListener extends EventListener {

    /**

     * Invoked when an event is dispatched in the AWT.

     */

    public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent event);

}