bundles/org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable/src/org/eclipse/core/databinding/observable/value/IValueChangingListener.java

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package org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value;

import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.IObservablesListener;

/**
 * Listener for pre-change events for observable values.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 * 
 */
public interface IValueChangingListener extends IObservablesListener {

	/**
	 * This method is called when the value is about to change and provides an
	 * opportunity to veto the change. The given event object must only be used
	 * locally in this method because it may be reused for other change
	 * notifications. The diff object referenced by the event is immutable and
	 * may be used non-locally.
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 */
	public void handleValueChanging(ValueChangingEvent event);

}