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package javax.enterprise.event;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
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.
*
*
* @author Gavin King
* @author Pete Muir
* @author David Allen
*
* @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
*/
public void fire(T event);
/**
* 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 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 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 qualifier type, or an instance of an annotation that is not
* a qualifier type
*/
public Event select(TypeLiteral subtype, Annotation... qualifiers);
}