/*
 * @(#)MalformedDataListener.java    1.0  18 February 2001
 *
 * Copyright 2004
 * College of Computer and Information Science
 * Northeastern University
 * Boston, MA  02115
 *
 * The Java Power Tools software may be used for educational
 * purposes as long as this copyright notice is retained intact
 * at the top of all source files.
 *
 * To discuss possible commercial use of this software, 
 * contact Richard Rasala at Northeastern University, 
 * College of Computer and Information Science,
 * 617-373-2462 or rasala@ccs.neu.edu.
 *
 * The Java Power Tools software has been designed and built
 * in collaboration with Viera Proulx and Jeff Raab.
 *
 * Should this software be modified, the words "Modified from 
 * Original" must be included as a comment below this notice.
 *
 * All publication rights are retained.  This software or its 
 * documentation may not be published in any media either
 * in whole or in part without explicit permission.
 *
 * This software was created with support from Northeastern 
 * University and from NSF grant DUE-9950829.
 */

package edu.neu.ccs.gui;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * <P>Interface to be implemented by a class of 
 * graphical interface components that desire to be notified 
 * when <CODE>{@link Fragile Fragile}</CODE> interface components 
 * encounter malformed data.</P>
 *
 * @author  Jeff Raab
 * @version 2.2
 * @since   1.0
 * @see Fragile
 */
public interface MalformedDataListener extends AlertListener {
    
    /**
     * Notifies this component 
     * that the given malformed data event was generated 
     * by a <CODE>{@link Fragile Fragile}</CODE> object
     * to which this object is listening.
     *
     * @param evt the malformed data event to be handled
     */
    public void dataMalformed(MalformedDataEvent evt);
}