org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.event

Class WrapperEvent

java.lang.Object

java.util.EventObject

org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.event.WrapperEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

WrapperConsumableEvent, WrapperCoreEvent, WrapperLoggingEvent, WrapperRemoteControlEvent, WrapperServiceEvent

public abstract class WrapperEvent
extends java.util.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:

Tanuki Software Development Team <support@tanukisoftware.com>

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	WrapperEvent() Creates a new WrapperEvent.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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 subclassed, the return value of the super class should usually be ORed with any additional flags.

Returns:

a set of event flags.