org.w3c.dom.events
Interface DocumentEvent

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLDocument

public interface DocumentEvent

The DocumentEvent interface provides a mechanism by which the user can create an Event of a type supported by the implementation. It is expected that the DocumentEvent interface will be implemented on the same object which implements the Document interface in an implementation which supports the Event model.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification.

Since:

DOM Level 2

Method Summary

Event

createEvent(java.lang.String eventType)

Method Detail

createEvent

public Event createEvent(java.lang.String eventType)
                  throws DOMException

Returns:

The newly created Event

Throws:

DOMException - NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support the type of Event interface requested