content: package org.w3c.dom.events;
  
  import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
  /**
   *  The <code>DocumentEvent</code> interface provides a mechanism by which the
   * user can create an Event of a type supported by the implementation. It is
   * expected that the <code>DocumentEvent</code> interface will be
   * implemented on the same object which implements the <code>Document</code>
   * interface in an implementation which supports the Event model.
   * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification</a>.
   * @since DOM Level 2
   */
  public interface DocumentEvent {
      /**
       *
       * @param eventType The <code>eventType</code> parameter specifies the
       *   type of <code>Event</code> interface to be created. If the
       *   <code>Event</code> interface specified is supported by the
       *   implementation this method will return a new <code>Event</code> of
       *   the interface type requested. If the <code>Event</code> is to be
       *   dispatched via the <code>dispatchEvent</code> method the
       *   appropriate event init method must be called after creation in
       *   order to initialize the <code>Event</code>'s values. As an example,
       *   a user wishing to synthesize some kind of <code>UIEvent</code>
       *   would call <code>createEvent</code> with the parameter "UIEvents".
       *   The <code>initUIEvent</code> method could then be called on the
       *   newly created <code>UIEvent</code> to set the specific type of
       *   UIEvent to be dispatched and set its context information.The
       *   <code>createEvent</code> method is used in creating
       *   <code>Event</code>s when it is either inconvenient or unnecessary
       *   for the user to create an <code>Event</code> themselves. In cases
       *   where the implementation provided <code>Event</code> is
       *   insufficient, users may supply their own <code>Event</code>
       *   implementations for use with the <code>dispatchEvent</code> method.
       * @return The newly created <code>Event</code>
       * @exception DOMException
       *   NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: Raised if the implementation does not support the
       *   type of <code>Event</code> interface requested
       */
      public Event createEvent(String eventType)
              throws DOMException;
  }