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package com.jme3.input.controls;

/**
 * <code>ActionListener</code> is used to receive input events in "digital" style.
 * <p>
 * Generally all button inputs, such as keyboard, mouse button, and joystick button,
 * will be represented exactly. Analog inputs will be converted into digital.
 * <p>
 * When an action listener is registered to a natively digital input, such as a button,
 * the event will be invoked when the button is pressed, with <code>value</code>
 * set to <code>true</code>, and will be invoked again when the button is released,
 * with <code>value</code> set to <code>false</code>.
 *
 * @author Kirill Vainer
 */
public interface ActionListener extends InputListener {
    
    /**
     * Called when an input to which this listener is registered to is invoked.
     * 
     * @param name The name of the mapping that was invoked
     * @param isPressed True if the action is "pressed", false otherwise
     * @param tpf The time per frame value.
     */
    public void onAction(String name, boolean isPressed, float tpf);
}