javax.enterprise.event
Interface Event<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the event object

public interface Event<T>

An interface for firing events of a particular type, and registering observers for events of that type.

Author:

Gavin King, Pete Muir

Method Summary

void	fire(T event) Fire an event
void	fire(T event, java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings) Deprecated.
void	observe(Observer<T> observer, java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings) Deprecated.
<U extends T> Event<U>	select(java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)
<U extends T> Event<U>	select(java.lang.Class<U> subtype, java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)
<U extends T> Event<U>	select(TypeLiteral<U> subtype, java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

Method Detail

fire

@Deprecated
void fire(T event,
                     java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

Deprecated.

Fire an event

Parameters:

event - the event type

bindings - the event bindings

fire

void fire(T event)

Fire an event

Parameters:

event - the event type

select

<U extends T> Event<U> select(java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

select

<U extends T> Event<U> select(java.lang.Class<U> subtype,
                              java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

select

<U extends T> Event<U> select(TypeLiteral<U> subtype,
                              java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

observe

@Deprecated
void observe(Observer<T> observer,
                        java.lang.annotation.Annotation... bindings)

Deprecated.

Register an observer for a specific type

Parameters:

observer - the observer to register

bindings - the bindings to observe the event for