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package org.apache.batik.dom.events;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
import org.w3c.dom.events.Event;
import org.w3c.dom.events.EventException;
import org.w3c.dom.events.EventListener;
import org.w3c.dom.events.EventTarget;

/**
 * A Node that uses an EventSupport for its event registration and
 * dispatch.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:Thierry.Kormann@sophia.inria.fr">Thierry Kormann</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:stephane@hillion.org">Stephane Hillion</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface NodeEventTarget extends EventTarget {

    /**
     * Returns the event support instance for this node, or null if any.
     */
    EventSupport getEventSupport();

    /**
     * Returns the parent node event target.
     */
    NodeEventTarget getParentNodeEventTarget();

    // Members inherited from DOM Level 3 Events org.w3c.dom.events.EventTarget
    // follow.

    /**
     *  This method allows the dispatch of events into the implementation's
     * event model. The event target of the event is the
     * <code>EventTarget</code> object on which <code>dispatchEvent</code>
     * is called.
     * @param evt  The event to be dispatched.
     * @return  Indicates whether any of the listeners which handled the
     *   event called <code>Event.preventDefault()</code>. If
     *   <code>Event.preventDefault()</code> was called the returned value
     *   is <code>false</code>, else it is <code>true</code>.
     * @exception EventException
     *    UNSPECIFIED_EVENT_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the <code>Event.type</code>
     *   was not specified by initializing the event before
     *   <code>dispatchEvent</code> was called. Specification of the
     *   <code>Event.type</code> as <code>null</code> or an empty string
     *   will also trigger this exception.
     *   <br> DISPATCH_REQUEST_ERR: Raised if the <code>Event</code> object is
     *   already being dispatched.
     * @exception DOMException
     *    NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the <code>Event</code> object has not
     *   been created using <code>DocumentEvent.createEvent()</code>.
     *   <br> INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: Raised if <code>Event.type</code> is not
     *   an <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-names11-20040204/#NT-NCName'>NCName</a> as defined in [<a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-names11-20040204/'>XML Namespaces 1.1</a>]
     *   .
     * @version DOM Level 3
     */
    boolean dispatchEvent(Event evt) throws EventException, DOMException;

    /**
     *  This method allows the registration of an event listener in a
     * specified group or the default group and, depending on the
     * <code>useCapture</code> parameter, on the capture phase of the DOM
     * event flow or its target and bubbling phases.
     * @param namespaceURI  Specifies the <code>Event.namespaceURI</code>
     *   associated with the event for which the user is registering.
     * @param type  Refer to the <code>EventTarget.addEventListener()</code>
     *   method for a description of this parameter.
     * @param listener  Refer to the
     *   <code>EventTarget.addEventListener()</code> method for a
     *   description of this parameter.
     * @param useCapture  Refer to the
     *   <code>EventTarget.addEventListener()</code> method for a
     *   description of this parameter.
     * @param evtGroup  The object that represents the event group to
     *   associate with the <code>EventListener</code> (see also ). Use
     *   <code>null</code> to attach the event listener to the default
     *   group.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    void addEventListenerNS(String namespaceURI,
                            String type,
                            EventListener listener,
                            boolean useCapture,
                            Object evtGroup);

    /**
     *  This method allows the removal of an event listener, independently of
     * the associated event group. Calling <code>removeEventListenerNS</code>
     *  with arguments which do not identify any currently registered
     * <code>EventListener</code> on the <code>EventTarget</code> has no
     * effect.
     * @param namespaceURI  Specifies the <code>Event.namespaceURI</code>
     *   associated with the event for which the user registered the event
     *   listener.
     * @param type  Refer to the
     *   <code>EventTarget.removeEventListener()</code> method for a
     *   description of this parameter.
     * @param listener  Refer to the
     *   <code>EventTarget.removeEventListener()</code> method for a
     *   description of this parameter.
     * @param useCapture  Refer to the
     *   <code>EventTarget.removeEventListener()</code> method for a
     *   description of this parameter.
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    void removeEventListenerNS(String namespaceURI,
                               String type,
                               EventListener listener,
                               boolean useCapture);
}