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JavaComm API
// makes sense to enable events. The event handler might be called
immediately
// after an event is enabled.
...
//
// Typically, if the current class implements the
SerialEventListener interface
// one would call
//
// port.addEventListener(this);
//
// but for our example a new instance of SerialListener is created:
//
port.addEventListener(new SerialListener());
//
// Enable the events we are interested in
//
port.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
port.notifyOnOutputEmpty(true);
/* other events not used in this example ->
port.notifyOnBreakInterrupt(true);
port.notifyOnCarrierDetect(true);
port.notifyOnCTS(true);
port.notifyOnDSR(true);
port.notifyOnFramingError(true);
port.notifyOnOverrunError(true);
port.notifyOnParityError(true);
port.notifyOnRingIndicator(true);