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## java.awt.event
Interface KeyListener

All Superinterfaces:
  EventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AWTEventMulticaster, BasicComboBoxUI.KeyHandler, BasicComboPopup.InvocationKeyHandler, BasicTableUI.KeyHandler, BasicTreeUI.KeyHandler, KeyAdapter

    public interface KeyListener

extends EventListener

The listener interface for receiving keyboard events (keystrokes). The class that is interested in processing a keyboard event either implements this interface (and all the methods it contains) or extends the abstract `KeyAdapter` class (overriding only the methods of interest).

The listener object created from that class is then registered with a component using the component's `addKeyListener` method. A keyboard event is generated when a key is pressed, released, or typed. The relevant method in the listener object is then invoked, and the `KeyEvent` is passed to it.

Since:
  1.1
See Also:
  `KeyAdapter`, `KeyEvent`, Tutorial: Writing a Key Listener

Method Summary
`void` | `keyPressed(KeyEvent e)` Invoked when a key has been pressed.
`void` | `keyReleased(KeyEvent e)` Invoked when a key has been released.
`void` | `keyTyped(KeyEvent e)` Invoked when a key has been typed.

Method Detail

### keyTyped

    void keyTyped(KeyEvent e)

  Invoked when a key has been typed. See the class description for `KeyEvent` for a definition of a key typed event.

### keyPressed

    void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)

  Invoked when a key has been pressed. See the class description for `KeyEvent` for a definition of a key pressed event.

### keyReleased

    void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)

  Invoked when a key has been released. See the class description for `KeyEvent` for a definition of a key released event.

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