org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.event
Class WrapperEvent

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.EventObject
      extended by org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.event.WrapperEvent
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
WrapperControlEvent, WrapperCoreEvent, WrapperServiceEvent

public abstract class WrapperEvent
extends EventObject

WrapperEvents are used to notify WrapperEventListeners of various wrapper related events.

For performance reasons, some event instances may be reused by the code which fires them off. For this reason, references to the event should never be referenced outside the scope of the WrapperListener.processEvent method.

Author:
Leif Mortenson
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject
source
 
Constructor Summary
protected WrapperEvent()
          Creates a new WrapperEvent.
 
Method Summary
 long getFlags()
          Returns a set of event flags for which the event should be fired.
 
Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject
getSource, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

WrapperEvent

protected WrapperEvent()
Creates a new WrapperEvent.

Method Detail

getFlags

public long getFlags()
Returns a set of event flags for which the event should be fired. This value is compared with the mask supplied when when a WrapperEventListener is registered to decide which listeners should receive the event.

If a subclassed, the return value of the super class should usually be ORed with any additional flags.

Returns:
a set of event flags.


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