org.refcodes.observer

Interface Publisher<E extends Event<?>>

public interface Publisher<E extends Event<?>>

A system publishing ActionEvent instances (such as an event bus), may implement this interface. An observable (event listener), in case of being of type Observer, may be notified using the Observer#onEvent(ActionEvent) method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	publishEvent(E aEvent) The listener implementing this interface is notified of an event via this method.

Method Detail

publishEvent

void publishEvent(E aEvent)

The listener implementing this interface is notified of an event via this method. The publisher pushes the event to the subscriber. When this method exits, then all listeners have been notified with the given event. I.e. even if each event is dispatched in an own thread, then the longest running thread determines when this method finishes.

Parameters:

aEvent - aEvent The event to be pushed from the publisher to the subscriber.