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
Object	getContext() returns the context object
Object	getField(String name) This method return a field of the context object, useful if the context object is a form
String	getName() returns the name of the event
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

String getName()

returns the name of the event

getRaiser

ActivityInstance getRaiser()

return the raiser of the event

getContext

Object getContext()

returns the context object

getField

Object getField(String name)
                throws NoSuchFieldException,
                       IllegalAccessException

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

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException

IllegalAccessException

getRaiseDate

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