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 * Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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 * 
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package com.google.gwt.event.dom.client;

/**
 * Represents a native key down event.
 */
public class KeyDownEvent extends KeyCodeEvent<KeyDownHandler> {

  /**
   * Event type for key down events. Represents the meta-data associated with
   * this event.
   */
  private static final Type<KeyDownHandler> TYPE = new Type<KeyDownHandler>(
      "keydown", new KeyDownEvent());

  /**
   * Gets the event type associated with key down events.
   * 
   * @return the handler type
   */
  public static Type<KeyDownHandler> getType() {
    return TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * Protected constructor, use
   * {@link DomEvent#fireNativeEvent(com.google.gwt.dom.client.NativeEvent, com.google.gwt.event.shared.HasHandlers)}
   * to fire key down events.
   */
  protected KeyDownEvent() {
  }

  @Override
  public final Type<KeyDownHandler> getAssociatedType() {
    return TYPE;
  }

  @Override
  protected void dispatch(KeyDownHandler handler) {
    handler.onKeyDown(this);
  }

}