src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/event/ActionListener.java

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package java.awt.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * The listener interface for receiving action events.
 * The class that is interested in processing an action event
 * implements this interface, and the object created with that
 * class is registered with a component, using the component's
 * {@code addActionListener} method. When the action event
 * occurs, that object's {@code actionPerformed} method is
 * invoked.
 *
 * @see ActionEvent
 * @see <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/events/actionlistener.html">How to Write an Action Listener</a>
 *
 * @author Carl Quinn
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface ActionListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Invoked when an action occurs.
     * @param e the event to be processed
     */
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e);

}