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 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
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package com.google.gwt.event.shared;

/**
 * An object that implements this interface has a collection of event handlers
 * associated with it.
 */
public interface HasHandlers {
  
  /**
   * Fires the given event to the handlers listening to the event's type.
   * 
   * Any exceptions thrown by handlers will be bundled into a
   * {@link UmbrellaException} and then re-thrown after all handlers have
   * completed. An exception thrown by a handler will not prevent other handlers
   * from executing.
   * 
   * @param event the event
   */
  void fireEvent(GwtEvent event);
}