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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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 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.google.gwt.event.dom.client;

/**
 * Represents a native mouse down event.
 */
public class MouseDownEvent extends MouseEvent<MouseDownHandler> {

  /**
   * Event type for mouse down events. Represents the meta-data associated with
   * this event.
   */
  private static final Type<MouseDownHandler> TYPE = new Type<MouseDownHandler>(
      "mousedown", new MouseDownEvent());

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

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

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

  @Override
  protected void dispatch(MouseDownHandler handler) {
    handler.onMouseDown(this);
  }

}