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* 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
* addAWTEventListener
method. When an event is
* dispatched anywhere in the AWT, that object's
* eventDispatched
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.
* @param event the event to be processed
*/
public void eventDispatched(AWTEvent event);
}