Module jdk.jdi
Package com.sun.jdi.event

## Interface Event

- All Superinterfaces:
    `Mirror`
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    `AccessWatchpointEvent`, `BreakpointEvent`, `ClassPrepareEvent`, `ClassUnloadEvent`, `ExceptionEvent`, `LocatableEvent`, `MethodEntryEvent`, `MethodExitEvent`, `ModificationWatchpointEvent`, `MonitorContendedEnteredEvent`, `MonitorContendedEnterEvent`, `MonitorWaitedEvent`, `MonitorWaitEvent`, `StepEvent`, `ThreadDeathEvent`, `ThreadStartEvent`, `VMDeathEvent`, `VMDisconnectEvent`, `VMStartEvent`, `WatchpointEvent`

      public interface Event
      extends Mirror

  An occurrence in a target VM that is of interest to a debugger. Event is the common superinterface for all events (examples include `BreakpointEvent`, `ExceptionEvent`, `ClassPrepareEvent`). When an event occurs, an instance of Event as a component of an `EventSet` is enqueued in the `VirtualMachine`'s `EventQueue`.
  Since:
    1.3
  See Also:
    `EventSet`, `EventQueue`

- - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `EventRequest` | `request()` |

    - ### Methods declared in interface com.sun.jdi.Mirror

      `toString, virtualMachine`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### request

          EventRequest request()

      Returns:
        The `EventRequest` that requested this event. Some events (eg. `VMDeathEvent`) may not have a cooresponding request and thus will return null.