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25 
26 package com.sun.jdi.event;
27 
28 import com.sun.jdi.*;
29 import com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequest;
30 
31 /**
32  * An occurrence in a target VM that is of interest to a debugger. Event is
33  * the common superinterface for all events (examples include
34  * {@link BreakpointEvent}, {@link ExceptionEvent},
35  * {@link ClassPrepareEvent}).
36  * When an event occurs, an instance of Event as a component of
37  * an {@link EventSet} is enqueued in the
38  * {@link VirtualMachine}'s {@link EventQueue}.
39  *
40  * @see EventSet
41  * @see EventQueue
42  *
43  * @author Robert Field
44  * @since  1.3
45  */
46 @jdk.Exported
47 public interface Event extends Mirror {
48 
49     /**
50      * @return The {@link EventRequest} that requested this event.
51      * Some events (eg. {@link VMDeathEvent}) may not have
52      * a cooresponding request and thus will return null.
53      */
request()54     EventRequest request();
55 }
56