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Interface java.util.Observer
- public interface Observer
A class can implement the Observer
interface when it
wants to be informed of changes in observable objects.
- See Also:
- Observable
-
update(Observable, Object)
- This method is called whenever the observed object is changed.
update
public abstract void update(Observable o,
Object arg)
- This method is called whenever the observed object is changed. An
application calls an observable object's
notifyObservers
method to have all the object's
observers notified of the change.
- Parameters:
- o - the observable object.
- arg - an argument passed to the
notifyObservers
method.
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