de.unikiel.ipn.htmlform
Interface MessageHandler

All Known Subinterfaces:
TextVisitor
All Known Implementing Classes:
AntiLineBreakVisitor, AutoImportDialog, HTMLVisitor, PDFParser, ProgressDialog, SimpleAppender, Updater

interface MessageHandler

An interface to handle Messages. The intended use is to provide a chain of responsibility for handling a message. Each receiver of a message knows its successor in the chain. It may pass the message to the successor or handle it by itself.

See Also:
Message

Method Summary
 void handleMessage(Message msg)
          Handles the Message or forwards it to the successor.
 

Method Detail

handleMessage

public void handleMessage(Message msg)
Handles the Message or forwards it to the successor. If it handles it by itself may depend for example on the type of the Message or on wether it knows which java.awt.Window is currently focused.

Parameters:
msg - the Message that has to be handled.