Disabling mouse events

hi,
I am having objects on a JFrame that respond to mouse events. I would like to know how I can disable these events. I use the addMouseListener to register a mouse event on something. Is there a way to remove or to deregister mouse events.
I basically have a game of tiles on a JFrame and I am going to have the human player play against the computer. I want to be able to have turns; computer and human player turn.

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Solved!
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