1 package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events; 2 /* 3 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 4 * 5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 * 17 * $Header:$ 18 */ 19 20 import java.rmi.RemoteException; 21 22 import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.ControlHandle; 23 24 /** 25 * The EventDispatcherRemote interface defines the event dispatch signature when event 26 * dispatching is happening via RMI. 27 * 28 * @see org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events.EventDispatcher 29 */ 30 public interface EventDispatcherRemote 31 { 32 /** 33 * Dispatches a Control event to a target control. 34 * @param target the target control 35 * @param event the event to deliver to the control 36 * @param args the parameters to the control event 37 * @throws RemoteException wraps any exception thrown during event dispatch 38 */ 39 public Object dispatchEvent(ControlHandle target, EventRef event, Object [] args) 40 throws RemoteException; 41 } 42