org.glassfish.api.event

Interface Events

All Known Implementing Classes:

EventsImpl

@Contract
public interface Events

Contract to register/unregister events listener. This implementation is not meant to be used for performance sensitive message delivery.

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	register(EventListener listener) Registers a new listener for global events
void	send(EventListener.Event event) Sends a event asynchronously
void	send(EventListener.Event event, boolean asynchronously) Sends a event to all listener synchronously or asynchronously.
boolean	unregister(EventListener listener) Unregisteres a listener

Method Detail

register

void register(EventListener listener)

Registers a new listener for global events

Parameters:

listener - the new listener

unregister

boolean unregister(EventListener listener)

Unregisteres a listener

Parameters:

listener - the register to remove

Returns:

true if the removal was successful

send

void send(EventListener.Event event)

Sends a event asynchronously

Parameters:

event - event to send

send

void send(EventListener.Event event,
          boolean asynchronously)

Sends a event to all listener synchronously or asynchronously.

Parameters:

event - event to send

asynchronously - true if the event should be sent asynchronously