1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.swt.events; 12 13 14 import org.eclipse.swt.internal.SWTEventListener; 15 16 /** 17 * Classes which implement this interface provide a method 18 * that deals with the events that are generated when text 19 * is about to be modified. 20 * <p> 21 * After creating an instance of a class that implements 22 * this interface it can be added to a text control using the 23 * <code>addVerifyListener</code> method and removed using 24 * the <code>removeVerifyListener</code> method. When the 25 * text is about to be modified, the verifyText method 26 * will be invoked. 27 * </p> 28 * 29 * @see VerifyEvent 30 */ 31 public interface VerifyListener extends SWTEventListener { 32 33 /** 34 * Sent when the text is about to be modified. 35 * <p> 36 * A verify event occurs after the user has done something 37 * to modify the text (typically typed a key), but before 38 * the text is modified. The doit field in the verify event 39 * indicates whether or not to modify the text. 40 * </p> 41 * 42 * @param e an event containing information about the verify 43 */ 44 public void verifyText(VerifyEvent e); 45 } 46