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This is the master POM file for Sun's Implementation of the JSF 2.1 Specification.
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package javax.faces.event;
import java.util.EventObject;
/**
* SystemEvent
* is the base class for non-application specific events that can be fired by
* arbitrary objects.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract class SystemEvent extends EventObject {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 2696415667461888462L;
// ------------------------------------------------------------ Constructors
/**
* Pass the argument
* source to the superclass constructor.
* @param source the source reference to be
* passed to the superclass constructor.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument is
* null.
*/
public SystemEvent(Object source) {
super(source);
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
/**
* Return true
* if this {@link FacesListener} is an
* instance of a the appropriate listener class that this event
* supports. The default implementation returns true if the listener
* is a {@link ComponentSystemEventListener}.
*
* @param listener {@link FacesListener} to evaluate
*/
public boolean isAppropriateListener(FacesListener listener) {
return (listener instanceof SystemEventListener);
}
/**
* Broadcast this event instance to the specified
* {@link FacesListener}, by whatever mechanism is appropriate. Typically,
* this will be accomplished by calling an event processing method, and
* passing this instance 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 void processListener(FacesListener listener) {
((SystemEventListener) listener).processEvent(this);
}
}