001/* 002 * $Id: ErrorListener.java 2979 2008-07-08 01:32:06Z kschaefe $ 003 * 004 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, 005 * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. 006 * 007 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 008 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 009 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 010 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 011 * 012 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 015 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 016 * 017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 018 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 019 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 020 */ 021 022package org.jdesktop.swingx.error; 023 024import java.util.EventListener; 025 026/** 027 * ErrorListener defines the interface for an object which listens to errors generated 028 * by a JX Swing component. ErrorEvents are only generated for internal un-recoverable errors 029 * that cannot be thrown. An example would be an internal Action implementation that cannot 030 * throw an Exception directly because the ActionListener interface forbids it. Exceptions 031 * which can be throw directly (say from the constructor of the JX component) should not use 032 * the ErrorListener mechanism. 033 * 034 * @see ErrorEvent 035 * @see ErrorSupport 036 * @author Joshua Marinacci joshua.marinacci@sun.com 037 */ 038public interface ErrorListener extends EventListener { 039 040 /** 041 * Tells listeners that an error has occured within the watched component. 042 * @param event 043 */ 044 public void errorOccured(ErrorEvent event); 045}