src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/sixth/e3d/gui/humaninput/KeyboardInputHandler.java

   1 /*
   2  * Sixth 3D engine. Author: Svjatoslav Agejenko.
   3  * This project is released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.
   4  */
   5 package eu.svjatoslav.sixth.e3d.gui.humaninput;
   6
   7 import eu.svjatoslav.sixth.e3d.gui.ViewPanel;
   8
   9 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
  10
  11 /**
  12  * This is the process:
  13  * <p>
  14  * 1. Component receives focus, perhaps because user clicked on it with the mouse.
  15  * 2. Now component will receive user key press and release events from the keyboard.
  16  * 3. Component loses focus. Perhaps user chose another component to interact with.
  17  */
  18 public interface KeyboardInputHandler {
  19
  20     /**
  21      * @return <code>true</code> if view needs to be re-rendered.
  22      */
  23     boolean focusLost(ViewPanel viewPanel);
  24
  25     /**
  26      * @return <code>true</code> if view needs to be re-rendered.
  27      */
  28     boolean focusReceived(ViewPanel viewPanel);
  29
  30     /**
  31      * @return <code>true</code> if view needs to be re-rendered.
  32      */
  33     boolean keyPressed(KeyEvent event, ViewPanel viewPanel);
  34
  35     /**
  36      * @return <code>true</code> if view needs to be re-rendered.
  37      */
  38     boolean keyReleased(KeyEvent event, ViewPanel viewPanel);
  39
  40 }