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Methods
The nsIDOMEventTarget interface is the interface implemented by all
event targets in the Document Object Model.
For more information on this interface please see
http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/
@status FROZEN
This method allows the registration of event listeners on the event target.
If an EventListener is added to an EventTarget while it is processing an
event, it will not be triggered by the current actions but may be
triggered during a later stage of event flow, such as the bubbling phase.
If multiple identical EventListeners are registered on the same
EventTarget with the same parameters the duplicate instances are
discarded. They do not cause the EventListener to be called twice
and since they are discarded they do not need to be removed with the
removeEventListener method.
@param type The event type for which the user is registering
@param listener The listener parameter takes an interface
implemented by the user which contains the methods
to be called when the event occurs.
@param useCapture If true, useCapture indicates that the user
wishes to initiate capture. After initiating
capture, all events of the specified type will be
dispatched to the registered EventListener before
being dispatched to any EventTargets beneath them
in the tree. Events which are bubbling upward
through the tree will not trigger an
EventListener designated to use capture.
This method allows the dispatch of events into the implementations
event model. Events dispatched in this manner will have the same
capturing and bubbling behavior as events dispatched directly by the
implementation. The target of the event is the EventTarget on which
dispatchEvent is called.
@param evt Specifies the event type, behavior, and contextual
information to be used in processing the event.
@return Indicates whether any of the listeners which handled the
event called preventDefault. If preventDefault was called
the value is false, else the value is true.
@throws UNSPECIFIED_EVENT_TYPE_ERR: Raised if the Event's type was
not specified by initializing the event before
dispatchEvent was called. Specification of the Event's
type as null or an empty string will also trigger this
exception.
This method allows the removal of event listeners from the event
target. If an EventListener is removed from an EventTarget while it
is processing an event, it will not be triggered by the current actions.
EventListeners can never be invoked after being removed.
Calling removeEventListener with arguments which do not identify any
currently registered EventListener on the EventTarget has no effect.
@param type Specifies the event type of the EventListener being
removed.
@param listener The EventListener parameter indicates the
EventListener to be removed.
@param useCapture Specifies whether the EventListener being
removed was registered as a capturing listener or
not. If a listener was registered twice, one with
capture and one without, each must be removed
separately. Removal of a capturing listener does
not affect a non-capturing version of the same
listener, and vice versa.
