bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/util/IPropertyChangeListener.java

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package org.eclipse.jface.util;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * Listener for property changes.
 * <p>
 * Usage:
 * <pre>
 * IPropertyChangeListener listener =
 *   new IPropertyChangeListener() {
 *      public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent event) {
 *         ... // code to deal with occurrence of property change
 *      }
 *   };
 * emitter.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
 * ...
 * emitter.removePropertyChangeListener(listener);
 * </pre>
 * </p>
 */
public interface IPropertyChangeListener extends EventListener {
    /**
     * Notification that a property has changed.
     * <p>
     * This method gets called when the observed object fires a property
     * change event.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param event the property change event object describing which property
     * changed and how
     */
    public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent event);
}