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package com.sun.jdi.event;

import com.sun.jdi.*;
import com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequest;

An occurrence in a target VM that is of interest to a debugger. Event is the common superinterface for all events (examples include BreakpointEvent, ExceptionEvent, ClassPrepareEvent). When an event occurs, an instance of Event as a component of an EventSet is enqueued in the VirtualMachine's EventQueue.
Author:Robert Field
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Since: 1.3
/** * An occurrence in a target VM that is of interest to a debugger. Event is * the common superinterface for all events (examples include * {@link BreakpointEvent}, {@link ExceptionEvent}, * {@link ClassPrepareEvent}). * When an event occurs, an instance of Event as a component of * an {@link EventSet} is enqueued in the * {@link VirtualMachine}'s {@link EventQueue}. * * @see EventSet * @see EventQueue * * @author Robert Field * @since 1.3 */
public interface Event extends Mirror {
Returns:The EventRequest that requested this event. Some events (eg. VMDeathEvent) may not have a cooresponding request and thus will return null.
/** * @return The {@link EventRequest} that requested this event. * Some events (eg. {@link VMDeathEvent}) may not have * a cooresponding request and thus will return null. */
EventRequest request(); }