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- /*
- * @(#)ActiveEvent.java 1.1 97/02/27
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun
- * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
- * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
- * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
- * with Sun.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
- * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
- * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- *
- * CopyrightVersion 1.1_beta
- *
- */
-
- package java.awt.peer;
-
- /**
- * An interface for events that know how dispatch themselves.
- * By implementing this interface an event can be placed upon the event
- * queue and this method will be called to dispatch the event. This allows
- * objects that are not components to arrange for behavior to occur on
- * a different thread from the current thread.
- *
- * Peer implementations can use this facility to avoid making upcalls
- * that could potentially cause a deadlock.
- *
- * @author Timothy Prinzing
- * @version 1.1 02/27/97
- */
- public interface ActiveEvent {
-
- /**
- * Dispatch the event to it's target, listeners of the events source,
- * or do whatever it is this event is supposed to do.
- */
- public void dispatch();
- }
-