libjava/java/awt/ItemSelectable.java

   1 /* ItemSelectable.java -- items that can be selected
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  37
  38
  39 package java.awt;
  40
  41 import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
  42
  43 /**
  44  * This interface is for objects that can have one or more items selected.
  45  * For example, radio buttons.
  46  *
  47  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  48  * @since 1.0
  49  * @status updated to 1.4
  50  */
  51 public interface ItemSelectable
  52 {
  53   /**
  54    * Returns the list of objects that are selected in this component.
  55    *
  56    * @return the list of selected objects, or null
  57    */
  58   Object[] getSelectedObjects();
  59
  60   /**
  61    * Adds an item listener to this object.  It will receive selection events
  62    * for this object by the user (but not programatically). If listener is
  63    * null, it is ignored.
  64    *
  65    * @param listener the item listener to add
  66    */
  67   void addItemListener(ItemListener listener);
  68
  69   /**
  70    * Removes an item listener from this object.
  71    *
  72    * @param listener the item listener to remove
  73    */
  74   void removeItemListener(ItemListener listener);
  75 } // interface ItemSelectable