-/* Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation
+/* ItemSelectable.java -- items that can be selected
+ Copyright (C) 1999, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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package java.awt;
-import java.awt.event.*;
-/** This interface is implemented by components that support the
- * select of items. For instance, Checkbox implements this
- * interface.
- * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
- * @date April 8, 2000
+import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
+
+/**
+ * This interface is for objects that can have one or more items selected.
+ * For example, radio buttons.
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
+ * @since 1.0
+ * @status updated to 1.4
*/
public interface ItemSelectable
{
- /** This method adds a listener to receive item events fired by the
- * component.
- * @param l The item listener to add.
+ /**
+ * Returns the list of objects that are selected in this component.
+ *
+ * @return the list of selected objects, or null
*/
- public void addItemListener (ItemListener l);
+ Object[] getSelectedObjects();
- /** This method returns the items in this component which are
- * currently selected.
- * @returns A non-null array containing the items.
+ /**
+ * Adds an item listener to this object. It will receive selection events
+ * for this object by the user (but not programatically). If listener is
+ * null, it is ignored.
+ *
+ * @param listener the item listener to add
*/
- public Object[] getSelectedObjects ();
+ void addItemListener(ItemListener listener);
- /** This method removes an item listener.
- * @param l The item listener to remove.
+ /**
+ * Removes an item listener from this object.
+ *
+ * @param listener the item listener to remove
*/
- public void removeItemListener (ItemListener l);
-}
+ void removeItemListener(ItemListener listener);
+} // interface ItemSelectable