001/* KeyEventDispatcher.java -- dispatches key events 002 Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009any later version. 010 011GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014General Public License for more details. 015 016You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 018Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 01902110-1301 USA. 020 021Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 022making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 023conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 024combination. 025 026As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 027permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 028executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 029modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 030terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 031independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 032module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 033or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 034this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039package java.awt; 040 041import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; 042 043/** 044 * An instance of this interface coordinates with a KeyboardFocusManager to 045 * target and dispatch all key events. This allows retargeting, consuming, 046 * changing, or otherwise manipulating the key event before sending it on to 047 * a target. 048 * 049 * <p>By default, the KeyboardFocusManager is the sink for all key events not 050 * dispatched by other dispatchers. Therefore, it is unnecessary for the user 051 * to register the focus manager as a dispatcher. 052 * 053 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu) 054 * @see KeyboardFocusManager#addKeyEventDispatcher(KeyEventDispatcher) 055 * @see KeyboardFocusManager#removeKeyEventDispatcher(KeyEventDispatcher) 056 * @since 1.4 057 * @status updated to 1.4 058 */ 059public interface KeyEventDispatcher 060{ 061 /** 062 * Called by the KeyboardFocusManager to request that a key event be 063 * dispatched. The dispatcher is free to retarget the event, consume it, 064 * dispatch it, or make other changes. This is usually done to allow 065 * delivery of key events to objects other than the window in focus, such 066 * as for navigating non-focusable components. If this dispatcher chooses 067 * to dispatch the event itself, it should call <code>redispatchEvent</code> 068 * to avoid infinite recursion. 069 * 070 * <p>If the return value is false, the KeyEvent is passed to the next 071 * dispatcher in the chain, ending with the KeyboardFocusManager. If the 072 * return value is true, the event has been consumed (although it might 073 * have been ignored), and no further action will be taken on the event. Be 074 * sure to check whether the event was consumed before dispatching it 075 * further. 076 * 077 * @param e the key event 078 * @return true if the event has been consumed 079 * @see KeyboardFocusManager#redispatchEvent(Component, AWTEvent) 080 */ 081 boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent e); 082} // interface KeyEventDispatcher