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- /*
- * @(#)Observer.java 1.13 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1994-1998 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
- package java.util;
-
- /**
- * A class can implement the <code>Observer</code> interface when it
- * wants to be informed of changes in observable objects.
- *
- * @author Chris Warth
- * @version 1.13, 03/18/98
- * @see java.util.Observable
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- public interface Observer {
- /**
- * This method is called whenever the observed object is changed. An
- * application calls an <tt>Observable</tt> object's
- * <code>notifyObservers</code> method to have all the object's
- * observers notified of the change.
- *
- * @param o the observable object.
- * @param arg an argument passed to the <code>notifyObservers</code>
- * method.
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- void update(Observable o, Object arg);
- }
-