com.groiss.event
Interface Event

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicEvent

public interface Event

Interface for creating event classes.

Method Summary

void	afterDispatch() callback method which will be called after the event has successfully been dispatched
java.lang.Object	getContext() returns the context object
java.lang.Object	getField(java.lang.String name) This method return a field of the context object, useful if the context object is a form
java.lang.String	getName() returns the name of the event
java.util.Date	getRaiseDate() The date and time when the event has been raised.
ActivityInstance	getRaiser() return the raiser of the event
int	getTxType() get the transaction-type.
boolean	isAbort() can be used to notify the event-handler of an illegal state
void	onNotDispatched() callback method which will be called if the event couldn't be dispatched

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

returns the name of the event

getRaiser

ActivityInstance getRaiser()

return the raiser of the event

getContext

java.lang.Object getContext()

returns the context object

getField

java.lang.Object getField(java.lang.String name)
                          throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException,
                                 java.lang.IllegalAccessException

This method return a field of the context object, useful if the context object is a form

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

getRaiseDate

java.util.Date getRaiseDate()

The date and time when the event has been raised.

afterDispatch

void afterDispatch()

callback method which will be called after the event has successfully been dispatched

onNotDispatched

void onNotDispatched()

callback method which will be called if the event couldn't be dispatched

getTxType

int getTxType()

get the transaction-type. At the moment, CURRENT_TX is the only supported type.

Returns:

the transaction-type

See Also:

EventManager.CURRENT_TX, EventManager.NEW_TX

isAbort

boolean isAbort()

can be used to notify the event-handler of an illegal state