javax.faces.event.FacesEvent Maven / Gradle / Ivy
Show all versions of jsf-api Show documentation
/*
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
*
* Copyright (c) 1997-2011 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
* General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
* and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the "License"). You
* may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can
* obtain a copy of the License at
* https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html
* or packager/legal/LICENSE.txt. See the License for the specific
* language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*
* When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each
* file and include the License file at packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.
*
* GPL Classpath Exception:
* Oracle designates this particular file as subject to the "Classpath"
* exception as provided by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License
* file that accompanied this code.
*
* Modifications:
* If applicable, add the following below the License Header, with the fields
* enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own identifying information:
* "Portions Copyright [year] [name of copyright owner]"
*
* Contributor(s):
* If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL or
* only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding "[Contributor]
* elects to include this software in this distribution under the [CDDL or GPL
* Version 2] license." If you don't indicate a single choice of license, a
* recipient has the option to distribute your version of this file under
* either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or to extend the choice of license to
* its licensees as provided above. However, if you add GPL Version 2 code
* and therefore, elected the GPL Version 2 license, then the option applies
* only if the new code is made subject to such option by the copyright
* holder.
*/
package javax.faces.event;
import java.util.EventObject;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot;
/**
* FacesEvent is the base class for user interface and
* application events that can be fired by {@link UIComponent}s. Concrete
* event classes must subclass {@link FacesEvent} in order to be supported
* by the request processing lifecycle.
*/
public abstract class FacesEvent extends EventObject {
// ------------------------------------------------------------ Constructors
/**
* Construct a new event object from the specified source component.
*
* @param component Source {@link UIComponent} for this event
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if component is
* null
*/
public FacesEvent(UIComponent component) {
super(component);
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
/**
* Return the source {@link UIComponent} that sent this event.
*/
public UIComponent getComponent() {
return ((UIComponent) getSource());
}
private PhaseId phaseId = PhaseId.ANY_PHASE;
/**
*
Return the identifier of the request processing phase during
* which this event should be delivered. Legal values are the
* singleton instances defined by the {@link PhaseId} class,
* including PhaseId.ANY_PHASE, which is the default
* value.
*/
public PhaseId getPhaseId() {
return phaseId;
}
/**
* Set the {@link PhaseId} during which this event will be
* delivered.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException phaseId is null.
*
*/
public void setPhaseId(PhaseId phaseId) {
if (null == phaseId) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
this.phaseId = phaseId;
}
// ------------------------------------------------- Event Broadcast Methods
/**
* Convenience method to queue this event for broadcast at the end
* of the current request processing lifecycle phase.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the source component for this
* event is not a descendant of a {@link UIViewRoot}
*/
public void queue() {
getComponent().queueEvent(this);
}
/**
* Return true if this {@link FacesListener} is an instance
* of a listener class that this event supports. Typically, this will be
* accomplished by an "instanceof" check on the listener class.
*
* @param listener {@link FacesListener} to evaluate
*/
public abstract boolean isAppropriateListener(FacesListener listener);
/**
* Broadcast this {@link FacesEvent} to the specified
* {@link FacesListener}, by whatever mechanism is appropriate. Typically,
* this will be accomplished by calling an event processing method, and
* passing this {@link FacesEvent} as a paramter.
*
* @param listener {@link FacesListener} to send this {@link FacesEvent} to
*
* @throws AbortProcessingException Signal the JavaServer Faces
* implementation that no further processing on the current event
* should be performed
*/
public abstract void processListener(FacesListener listener);
}