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package javax.enterprise.event;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;

import javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral;

/**
 * 

* Allows the application to fire events of a particular type. *

* *

* Beans fire events via an instance of the Event interface, which may be injected: *

* *
 * @Inject
 * @Any
 * Event<LoggedInEvent> loggedInEvent;
 * 
* *

* The fire() method accepts an event object: *

* *
 * public void login() { 
 *    ...
 *    loggedInEvent.fire( new LoggedInEvent(user) );
 * }
 * 
* *

* Any combination of qualifiers may be specified at the injection point: *

* *
 * @Inject
 * @Admin
 * Event<LoggedInEvent> adminLoggedInEvent;
 * 
* *

* Or, the {@link javax.enterprise.inject.Any @Any} qualifier may be used, allowing the application to specify qualifiers * dynamically: *

* *
 * @Inject
 * @Any
 * Event<LoggedInEvent> loggedInEvent;
 * 
* *

* For an injected Event: *

* *
    *
  • the specified type is the type parameter specified at the injection point, and
  • *
  • the specified qualifiers are the qualifiers specified at the injection point.
  • *
* *

* Events may also be fired asynchronously with {@link #fireAsync(Object)} and {@link #fireAsync(Object, NotificationOptions)} methods *

* * @author Gavin King * @author Pete Muir * @author David Allen * @author Antoine Sabot-Durand * * @param the type of the event object */ public interface Event { /** *

* Fires an event with the specified qualifiers and notifies observers. *

* * @param event the event object * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the runtime type of the event object contains a type variable * @throws ObserverException if a notified observer throws a checked exception, it will be wrapped and rethrown as an * (unchecked) {@link ObserverException} */ public void fire(T event); /** *

* Fires an event asynchronously with the specified qualifiers and notifies asynchronous observers. *

* * @param event the event object * @return a {@link CompletionStage} allowing further pipeline composition on the asynchronous operation. * Default asynchronous execution facility is container specific. * If any observer notified by this event throws an exception * then the resulting CompletionStage is completed exceptionally with {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionException} * that wraps all the exceptions raised by observers as suppressed exception. * If no exception is thrown by observers then the resulting CompletionStage is completed normally with the event payload. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the runtime type of the event object contains a type variable * * @since 2.0 */ public CompletionStage fireAsync(U event); /** *

* Fires an event asynchronously with the specified qualifiers and notifies asynchronous observers. * A custom {@link Executor} will be used to make asynchronous calls *

* * @param event the event object * @param options the notification options * @return a {@link CompletionStage} allowing further pipeline composition on the asynchronous operation. * Default asynchronous execution facility is container specific. * If any observer notified by this event throws an exception * then the resulting CompletionStage is completed exceptionally with {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionException} * that wraps all the exceptions raised by observers as suppressed exception. * If no exception is thrown by observers then the resulting CompletionStage is completed normally with the event payload. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the runtime type of the event object contains a type variable * * @since 2.0 */ public CompletionStage fireAsync(U event, NotificationOptions options); /** *

* Obtains a child Event for the given additional required qualifiers. *

* * @param qualifiers the additional specified qualifiers * @return the child Event * @throws IllegalArgumentException if passed two instances of the same non repeating qualifier type, or an instance of an annotation that * is not a qualifier type */ public Event select(Annotation... qualifiers); /** *

* Obtains a child Event for the given required type and additional required qualifiers. *

* * @param the specified type * @param subtype a {@link java.lang.Class} representing the specified type * @param qualifiers the additional specified qualifiers * @return the child Event * @throws IllegalArgumentException if passed two instances of the same non repeating qualifier type, or an instance of an annotation that * is not a qualifier type */ public Event select(Class subtype, Annotation... qualifiers); /** *

* Obtains a child Event for the given required type and additional required qualifiers. *

* * @param the specified type * @param subtype a {@link javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral} representing the specified type * @param qualifiers the additional specified qualifiers * @return the child Event * @throws IllegalArgumentException if passed two instances of the same non repeating qualifier type, or an instance of an annotation that * is not a qualifier type */ public Event select(TypeLiteral subtype, Annotation... qualifiers); }