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Keywords: Relavant, Awt, Surrogate, Helper, Implement

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a class that implements an interface (or class) required by an API, and delegates the flow of control back to an enclosing "main" object

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a class that is typically used when the interface of another class is not exactly what is needed

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a "helper" class that ties one class to another in a very specific way

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a surrogate used by a class that wants to implement an interface but can't do so, usually because of one of the limitations specified above

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a class in the java.awt.event package that provides empty implementations of event listener methods so that the programmer can write code for only relavant events

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