WindowFocusListener.java

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package java.awt.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * The listener interface for receiving <code>WindowEvents</code>, including
 * <code>WINDOW_GAINED_FOCUS</code> and <code>WINDOW_LOST_FOCUS</code> events.
 * The class that is interested in processing a <code>WindowEvent</code>
 * either implements this interface (and
 * all the methods it contains) or extends the abstract
 * <code>WindowAdapter</code> class (overriding only the methods of interest).
 * The listener object created from that class is then registered with a
 * <code>Window</code>
 * using the <code>Window</code>'s <code>addWindowFocusListener</code> method.
 * When the <code>Window</code>'s
 * status changes by virtue of it being opened, closed, activated, deactivated,
 * iconified, or deiconified, or by focus being transfered into or out of the
 * <code>Window</code>, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked,
 * and the <code>WindowEvent</code> is passed to it.
 *
 * @author David Mendenhall
 *
 * @see WindowAdapter
 * @see WindowEvent
 * @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/post1.0/ui/windowlistener.html">Tutorial: Writing a Window Listener</a>
 *
 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface WindowFocusListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Invoked when the Window is set to be the focused Window, which means
     * that the Window, or one of its subcomponents, will receive keyboard
     * events.
     */
    public void windowGainedFocus(WindowEvent e);

    /**
     * Invoked when the Window is no longer the focused Window, which means
     * that keyboard events will no longer be delivered to the Window or any of
     * its subcomponents.
     */
    public void windowLostFocus(WindowEvent e);
}