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EventListenerList.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API8957Fri Aug 26 14:58:00 BST 2005javax.swing.event

EventListenerList

public class EventListenerList extends Object implements Serializable
A class that holds a list of EventListeners. A single instance can be used to hold all listeners (of all types) for the instance using the list. It is the responsiblity of the class using the EventListenerList to provide type-safe API (preferably conforming to the JavaBeans spec) and methods which dispatch event notification methods to appropriate Event Listeners on the list. The main benefits that this class provides are that it is relatively cheap in the case of no listeners, and it provides serialization for event-listener lists in a single place, as well as a degree of MT safety (when used correctly). Usage example: Say one is defining a class that sends out FooEvents, and one wants to allow users of the class to register FooListeners and receive notification when FooEvents occur. The following should be added to the class definition:
EventListenerList listenerList = new EventListenerList();
FooEvent fooEvent = null;

public void addFooListener(FooListener l) {
listenerList.add(FooListener.class, l);
}

public void removeFooListener(FooListener l) {
listenerList.remove(FooListener.class, l);
}


// Notify all listeners that have registered interest for
// notification on this event type. The event instance
// is lazily created using the parameters passed into
// the fire method.

protected void fireFooXXX() {
// Guaranteed to return a non-null array
Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
// Process the listeners last to first, notifying
// those that are interested in this event
for (int i = listeners.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
if (listeners[i]==FooListener.class) {
// Lazily create the event:
if (fooEvent == null)
fooEvent = new FooEvent(this);
((FooListener)listeners[i+1]).fooXXX(fooEvent);
}
}
}
foo should be changed to the appropriate name, and fireFooXxx to the appropriate method name. One fire method should exist for each notification method in the FooListener interface.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeansTM has been added to the java.beans package. Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.

version
1.36 05/05/04
author
Georges Saab
author
Hans Muller
author
James Gosling

Fields Summary
private static final Object[]
NULL_ARRAY
protected transient Object[]
listenerList
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public synchronized voidadd(java.lang.Class t, T l)
Adds the listener as a listener of the specified type.

param
t the type of the listener to be added
param
l the listener to be added

	if (l==null) {
	    // In an ideal world, we would do an assertion here
	    // to help developers know they are probably doing
	    // something wrong
	    return;
	}
	if (!t.isInstance(l)) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Listener " + l +
					 " is not of type " + t);
	}
	if (listenerList == NULL_ARRAY) {
	    // if this is the first listener added, 
	    // initialize the lists
	    listenerList = new Object[] { t, l };
	} else {
	    // Otherwise copy the array and add the new listener
	    int i = listenerList.length;
	    Object[] tmp = new Object[i+2];
	    System.arraycopy(listenerList, 0, tmp, 0, i);

	    tmp[i] = t;
	    tmp[i+1] = l;

	    listenerList = tmp;
	}
    
public intgetListenerCount()
Returns the total number of listeners for this listener list.

	return listenerList.length/2;
    
public intgetListenerCount(java.lang.Class t)
Returns the total number of listeners of the supplied type for this listener list.

	Object[] lList = listenerList;
        return getListenerCount(lList, t);
    
private intgetListenerCount(java.lang.Object[] list, java.lang.Class t)

        int count = 0;
	for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i+=2) {
	    if (t == (Class)list[i])
		count++;
	}
	return count;
    
public java.lang.Object[]getListenerList()
Passes back the event listener list as an array of ListenerType-listener pairs. Note that for performance reasons, this implementation passes back the actual data structure in which the listener data is stored internally! This method is guaranteed to pass back a non-null array, so that no null-checking is required in fire methods. A zero-length array of Object should be returned if there are currently no listeners. WARNING!!! Absolutely NO modification of the data contained in this array should be made -- if any such manipulation is necessary, it should be done on a copy of the array returned rather than the array itself.


                                                                                                                         
       
	return listenerList;
    
public T[]getListeners(java.lang.Class t)
Return an array of all the listeners of the given type.

return
all of the listeners of the specified type.
exception
ClassCastException if the supplied class is not assignable to EventListener
since
1.3

	Object[] lList = listenerList; 
	int n = getListenerCount(lList, t); 
        T[] result = (T[])Array.newInstance(t, n); 
	int j = 0; 
	for (int i = lList.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
	    if (lList[i] == t) {
		result[j++] = (T)lList[i+1];
	    }
	}
	return result;   
    
private voidreadObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)

        listenerList = NULL_ARRAY;
	s.defaultReadObject();
	Object listenerTypeOrNull;
	
	while (null != (listenerTypeOrNull = s.readObject())) {
            ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
	    EventListener l = (EventListener)s.readObject();
	    add((Class<EventListener>)Class.forName((String)listenerTypeOrNull, true, cl), l);
	}	    
    
public synchronized voidremove(java.lang.Class t, T l)
Removes the listener as a listener of the specified type.

param
t the type of the listener to be removed
param
l the listener to be removed

	if (l ==null) {
	    // In an ideal world, we would do an assertion here
	    // to help developers know they are probably doing
	    // something wrong
	    return;
	}
	if (!t.isInstance(l)) {
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Listener " + l +
					 " is not of type " + t);
	}
	// Is l on the list?
	int index = -1;
	for (int i = listenerList.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
	    if ((listenerList[i]==t) && (listenerList[i+1].equals(l) == true)) {
		index = i;
		break;
	    }
	}
	
	// If so,  remove it
	if (index != -1) {
	    Object[] tmp = new Object[listenerList.length-2];
	    // Copy the list up to index
	    System.arraycopy(listenerList, 0, tmp, 0, index);
	    // Copy from two past the index, up to
	    // the end of tmp (which is two elements
	    // shorter than the old list)
	    if (index < tmp.length)
		System.arraycopy(listenerList, index+2, tmp, index, 
				 tmp.length - index);
	    // set the listener array to the new array or null
	    listenerList = (tmp.length == 0) ? NULL_ARRAY : tmp;
	    }
    
public java.lang.StringtoString()
Returns a string representation of the EventListenerList.

	Object[] lList = listenerList;
	String s = "EventListenerList: ";
	s += lList.length/2 + " listeners: ";
	for (int i = 0 ; i <= lList.length-2 ; i+=2) {
	    s += " type " + ((Class)lList[i]).getName();
	    s += " listener " + lList[i+1];
	}
	return s;
    
private voidwriteObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s)

	Object[] lList = listenerList;
	s.defaultWriteObject();
	
	// Save the non-null event listeners:
	for (int i = 0; i < lList.length; i+=2) {
	    Class t = (Class)lList[i];
	    EventListener l = (EventListener)lList[i+1];
	    if ((l!=null) && (l instanceof Serializable)) {
		s.writeObject(t.getName());
		s.writeObject(l);
	    }
	}
	
	s.writeObject(null);