com.atlassian.event.api
Interface EventListenerRegistrar

All Known Subinterfaces:

EventPublisher

All Known Implementing Classes:

EventPublisherImpl, LockFreeEventPublisher

public interface EventListenerRegistrar

Method Summary

void	register(java.lang.Object listener) Register a listener to receive events.
void	unregister(java.lang.Object listener) Un-register a listener so that it will no longer receive events.
void	unregisterAll() Un-register all listeners that this registrar knows about.

Method Detail

register

void register(java.lang.Object listener)

Register a listener to receive events. All implementations must support registration of listeners where event handling methods are indicated by the EventListener annotation. Legacy implementations may also support listeners which implement the now-deprecated EventListener interface.

Parameters:

listener - The listener that is being registered

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the listener is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the parameter is not found to be an actual listener

See Also:

annotation which can be used to indicate event listener methods

unregister

void unregister(java.lang.Object listener)

Un-register a listener so that it will no longer receive events. If the given listener is not registered nothing will happen.

Parameters:

listener - The listener to un-register

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the listener is null

unregisterAll

void unregisterAll()

Un-register all listeners that this registrar knows about.