event handler

collocation in English

meaningsofeventandhandler

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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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handler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhænd.lər/us
/ˈhænd.lɚ/
a person who trains and is in charge of animals, ...
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(Definition ofeventandhandlerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mechanism cannot provide real-time timing because the time needed to evaluate an abstracteventhandlermay exceed a given time interval.
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An abstracteventhandleris a function that is included in the abstract device specification.
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The abstracteventhandleris applied to the current state of the program and yields a new state.
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The active window is not demanded to respond to user events: the addition of a keyboard and mouseeventhandleris optional.
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The abstracteventhandlerof every active timer is therefore provided with the discrete number of complete time intervals that have passed.
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In order to handle the abstract event appropriately the abstracteventhandlerneeds to know the state of the program.
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Only when the corresponding abstract event occurs the abstracteventhandleris evaluated.
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Each abstracteventhandlercan be evaluated in any state of the program.
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So, an abstracteventhandleris a state transition function.
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It is easy to correlate the abstract event with an abstracteventhandler, because the abstract event is defined in the context of the algebraic definition.
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With the abstract event handlers a programmer defines how the state of the program should be affected in case the abstracteventhandleris triggered by an abstract event.
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This allows the developer to focus on simulation specifics without litteringeventhandlercode all over the place.
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It is a communication bus and also aneventhandler.
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To add two numbers, storage outside theeventhandlermust be used.
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You can intercept and process these and other events by creatingeventhandlerfunctions and routines.
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Like the inline model, each event can only have oneeventhandlerregistered.
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The default click action is cancelled by returning false in theeventhandler.
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The most common example of the correct use of a switch within a loop is aneventhandler.
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In our example, our program could register for timer events, and write a correspondingeventhandlerthat updates the coordinates.
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