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package org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr;
/**
* The EventDispatcher interface contains the method that is called by the
* Event Manager to complete the event delivery to the event listener.
*
* Clients may implement this interface.
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface EventDispatcher {
/**
* This method is called once for each listener.
* This method must cast the event listener object to the appropriate listener
* class for the event type and call the appropriate listener method.
*
* The method should properly log/handle any exceptions thrown by the called
* listener. The EventManager will ignore any Throwable thrown by this method
* in order to continue delivery of the event to the next listener.
*
* @param eventListener This is the key in the Map.Entry for the listener.
* The implementation of this method must cast it to the appropriate listener
* class for the event to be delivered and the appropriate listener method
* must then be called.
* @param listenerObject This is the value in the Map.Entry for the listener.
* @param eventAction This value was passed to the ListenerQueue object via one of its
* dispatchEvent* method calls. It can provide information (such
* as which listener method to call) so that the EventDispatcher
* can complete the delivery of the event to the listener.
* @param eventObject This object was passed to the ListenerQueue object via one of its
* dispatchEvent* method calls. This object was created by the event source and
* is passed to this method. It should contain all the necessary information (such
* as what event object to pass) so that this method
* can complete the delivery of the event to the listener.
* This is typically the actual event object.
*/
public void dispatchEvent(K eventListener, V listenerObject, int eventAction, E eventObject);
}