Event (XWiki Commons - Observation - API 15.2-rc-1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeginEvent, BeginFoldEvent, CancelableEvent, EndEvent, EndFoldEvent, FilterableEvent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCancelableEvent, AbstractFilterableEvent, ActionExecutionEvent, AllEvent, ApplicationStartedEvent, ApplicationStoppedEvent
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public interface Event
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All Event types must implement this interface.

Version:

$Id: 25fca8d31c8f10e4ba76edee766742e4c52ac310 $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`matches(Object otherEvent)`	Compares two events to see if they match, meaning that a listener that registered to receive notifications like `referenceEvent` will be notified of any occuring event for which `referenceEvent.matches(occuringEvent)` will return `true`.

- Method Detail
  - matches
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boolean matches(Object otherEvent)
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    Compares two events to see if they match, meaning that a listener that registered to receive notifications like referenceEvent will be notified of any occuring event for which referenceEvent.matches(occuringEvent) will return true. The matching algorithm depends on the event implementation. For example for Document events two events match if they implement the same event class and if their EventFilter match. Note that the implementation is left open in order to cater for all the possible ways this Observation component can be used.
    
    Parameters:
    
    otherEvent - the occuring event matched against the current object
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the passed event matches this event, false otherwise.