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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8306021 Add event handler management to EventTarget
  3. JDK-8310445

Release Note: Event Handler Methods Added to EventTarget Interface

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      Four new default methods were added to the `javafx.event.EventTarget` interface:

      ```
      <E extends Event> void addEventHandler(EventType<E>, EventHandler<? super E>)
      <E extends Event> void removeEventHandler(EventType<E>, EventHandler<? super E>)
      <E extends Event> void addEventFilter(EventType<E>, EventHandler<? super E>)
      <E extends Event> void removeEventFilter(EventType<E>, EventHandler<? super E>)
      ```

      This change allows applications to manage event handlers for all `EventTarget` implementations.

      Most applications will not run into any backward compatibility problems with this change. The change is fully binary compatible and, for most use cases, it is also source compatible.

      A compilation error will occur in one of the following two unlikely cases:

      * An application class extends `Menu`, `MenuItem`, `TableColumnBase`, or `TreeItem`, and overrides `addEventHandler` or `removeEventHandler`
      * An application class that is not a subclass of `Node` implements their own `addEventHandler` or `removeEventHandler` using a signature other than that of the newly added methods (for example, copying the same incorrect pattern that `MenuItem` used prior to this release)

      In these cases, the declared methods must be changed to conform to the updated interface method signature.

            kcr Kevin Rushforth
            kcr Kevin Rushforth
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