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 * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
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package elemental.events;

import elemental.events.*;
import elemental.util.*;
import elemental.dom.*;
import elemental.html.*;
import elemental.css.*;
import elemental.stylesheets.*;

import java.util.Date;

/**
  * An EventTarget is a DOM interface implemented by objects that can receive DOM events and have listeners for them. The most common EventTargets are DOM elements, although other objects can be EventTargets too, for example document, window, XMLHttpRequest, and others.

  */
public interface EventTarget {


  /**
    * 
Register an event handler of a specific event type on the EventTarget.
    */
  EventRemover addEventListener(String type, EventListener listener);


  /**
    * 
Register an event handler of a specific event type on the EventTarget.
    */
  EventRemover addEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, boolean useCapture);


  /**
    * 
Dispatch an event to this EventTarget.
    */
  boolean dispatchEvent(Event event);


  /**
    * 
Removes an event listener from the EventTarget.
    */
  void removeEventListener(String type, EventListener listener);


  /**
    * 
Removes an event listener from the EventTarget.
    */
  void removeEventListener(String type, EventListener listener, boolean useCapture);
}