org.mmbase.core.event
Class Event

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.core.event.Event

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, PublicCloneable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IdEvent, NodeEvent, RelationEvent

public abstract class Event

extends Object

implements Serializable, PublicCloneable

This class is the base class for all mmbase events

Since:

MMBase-1.8

Version:

$Id: Event.java,v 1.8 2006/07/06 09:52:30 michiel Exp $

Author:

Ernst Bunders

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected int	eventType
protected String	machine
static int	TYPE_CHANGE
static int	TYPE_DELETE
static int	TYPE_NEW
static int	TYPE_UNSPECIFIED

Constructor Summary

Event(String machine)

Event(String machine, int type)

Method Summary

Object	clone()
String	getMachine() Every event originates from a certain machine, which is identified by a String.
int	getType() Most events will come in certain 'types', default contants which are provided are TYPE_NEW, TYPE_CHANGE and TYPE_DELETE.
boolean	isLocal()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TYPE_UNSPECIFIED

public static final int TYPE_UNSPECIFIED

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_NEW

public static final int TYPE_NEW

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_CHANGE

public static final int TYPE_CHANGE

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_DELETE

public static final int TYPE_DELETE

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Constant Field Values

eventType

protected int eventType

machine

protected String machine

Constructor Detail

Event

public Event(String machine,
             int type)

Parameters:

machine - The machine name. If null the local machine name is extracted from MMBase, using MMBase.getMachineName()

Event

public Event(String machine)

Method Detail

getMachine

public String getMachine()

Every event originates from a certain machine, which is identified by a String. If this equals MMBase.getMachineName() then this is a local event.

isLocal

public boolean isLocal()

getType

public int getType()

Most events will come in certain 'types', default contants which are provided are TYPE_NEW, TYPE_CHANGE and TYPE_DELETE.

clone

public Object clone()

Specified by:

clone in interface PublicCloneable