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package java.awt.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**

* The listener interface for receiving "interesting" mouse events

* (press, release, click, enter, and exit) on a component.

* (To track mouse moves and mouse drags, use the

* <code>MouseMotionListener</code>.)

* <P>

* The class that is interested in processing a mouse event

* either implements this interface (and all the methods it

* contains) or extends the abstract <code>MouseAdapter</code> class

* (overriding only the methods of interest).

* <P>

* The listener object created from that class is then registered with a

* component using the component's <code>addMouseListener</code>

* method. A mouse event is generated when the mouse is pressed, released

* clicked (pressed and released). A mouse event is also generated when

* the mouse cursor enters or leaves a component. When a mouse event

* occurs, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and

* the <code>MouseEvent</code> is passed to it.

*

* @author Carl Quinn

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* @see MouseAdapter

* @see MouseEvent

* @see <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/events/mouselistener.html">Tutorial: Writing a Mouse Listener</a>

*

* @since 1.1

*/

public interface MouseListener extends EventListener {

/**

* Invoked when the mouse button has been clicked (pressed

* and released) on a component.

*/

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e);

/**

* Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a component.

*/

public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e);

/**

* Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a component.

*/

public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e);

/**

* Invoked when the mouse enters a component.

*/

public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e);

/**

* Invoked when the mouse exits a component.

*/

public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e);

}