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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();
}