org.springframework.context.event

Interface ApplicationEventMulticaster

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster, SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster

public interface ApplicationEventMulticaster

Interface to be implemented by objects that can manage a number of ApplicationListener objects, and publish events to them.

An ApplicationEventPublisher, typically a Spring ApplicationContext, can use an ApplicationEventMulticaster as a delegate for actually publishing events.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) Add a listener to be notified of all events.
void	addApplicationListenerBean(java.lang.String listenerBeanName) Add a listener bean to be notified of all events.
void	multicastEvent(ApplicationEvent event) Multicast the given application event to appropriate listeners.
void	removeAllListeners() Remove all listeners registered with this multicaster.
void	removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) Remove a listener from the notification list.
void	removeApplicationListenerBean(java.lang.String listenerBeanName) Remove a listener bean from the notification list.

Method Detail

addApplicationListener

void addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener)

Add a listener to be notified of all events.

Parameters:

listener - the listener to add

addApplicationListenerBean

void addApplicationListenerBean(java.lang.String listenerBeanName)

Add a listener bean to be notified of all events.

Parameters:

listenerBeanName - the name of the listener bean to add

removeApplicationListener

void removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener)

Remove a listener from the notification list.

Parameters:

listener - the listener to remove

removeApplicationListenerBean

void removeApplicationListenerBean(java.lang.String listenerBeanName)

Remove a listener bean from the notification list.

Parameters:

listenerBeanName - the name of the listener bean to add

removeAllListeners

void removeAllListeners()

Remove all listeners registered with this multicaster.

After a remove call, the multicaster will perform no action on event notification until new listeners are being registered.

multicastEvent

void multicastEvent(ApplicationEvent event)

Multicast the given application event to appropriate listeners.

Parameters:

event - the event to multicast