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 * Copyright (c) 2000 World Wide Web Consortium,
 * (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institut National de
 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
 * Rights Reserved. This program is distributed under the W3C's Software
 * Intellectual Property License. This program is distributed in the
 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE.
 * See W3C License http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ for more details.
 */

package org.w3c.dom.events;

import org.w3c.dom.views.AbstractView;

/**
 * The <code>UIEvent</code> interface provides specific contextual information 
 * associated with User Interface events.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification</a>.
 * @since DOM Level 2
 */
public interface UIEvent extends Event {
    /**
     * The <code>view</code> attribute identifies the <code>AbstractView</code>
     *  from which the event was generated.
     */
    public AbstractView getView();

    /**
     * Specifies some detail information about the <code>Event</code>, 
     * depending on the type of event.
     */
    public int getDetail();

    /**
     * The <code>initUIEvent</code> method is used to initialize the value of 
     * a <code>UIEvent</code> created through the <code>DocumentEvent</code> 
     * interface. This method may only be called before the 
     * <code>UIEvent</code> has been dispatched via the 
     * <code>dispatchEvent</code> method, though it may be called multiple 
     * times during that phase if necessary. If called multiple times, the 
     * final invocation takes precedence.
     * @param typeArgSpecifies the event type.
     * @param canBubbleArgSpecifies whether or not the event can bubble.
     * @param cancelableArgSpecifies whether or not the event's default 
     *   action can be prevented.
     * @param viewArgSpecifies the <code>Event</code>'s 
     *   <code>AbstractView</code>.
     * @param detailArgSpecifies the <code>Event</code>'s detail.
     */
    public void initUIEvent(String typeArg, 
                            boolean canBubbleArg, 
                            boolean cancelableArg, 
                            AbstractView viewArg, 
                            int detailArg);

}