- java.lang.Object
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- java.beans.EventHandler
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
- InvocationHandler
public class EventHandler extends Object implements InvocationHandler
TheEventHandler
class provides support for dynamically generating event listeners whose methods execute a simple statement involving an incoming event object and a target object.The
EventHandler
class is intended to be used by interactive tools, such as application builders, that allow developers to make connections between beans. Typically connections are made from a user interface bean (the event source) to an application logic bean (the target). The most effective connections of this kind isolate the application logic from the user interface. For example, theEventHandler
for a connection from aJCheckBox
to a method that accepts a boolean value can deal with extracting the state of the check box and passing it directly to the method so that the method is isolated from the user interface layer.Inner classes are another, more general way to handle events from user interfaces. The
EventHandler
class handles only a subset of what is possible using inner classes. However,EventHandler
works better with the long-term persistence scheme than inner classes. Also, usingEventHandler
in large applications in which the same interface is implemented many times can reduce the disk and memory footprint of the application.The reason that listeners created with
EventHandler
have such a small footprint is that theProxy
class, on which theEventHandler
relies, shares implementations of identical interfaces. For example, if you use theEventHandler
create
methods to make all theActionListener
s in an application, all the action listeners will be instances of a single class (one created by theProxy
class). In general, listeners based on theProxy
class require one listener class to be created per listener type (interface), whereas the inner class approach requires one class to be created per listener (object that implements the interface).You don't generally deal directly with
EventHandler
instances. Instead, you use one of theEventHandler
create
methods to create an object that implements a given listener interface. This listener object uses anEventHandler
object behind the scenes to encapsulate information about the event, the object to be sent a message when the event occurs, the message (method) to be sent, and any argument to the method. The following section gives examples of how to create listener objects using thecreate
methods.Examples of Using EventHandler
The simplest use ofEventHandler
is to install a listener that calls a method on the target object with no arguments. In the following example we create anActionListener
that invokes thetoFront
method on an instance ofjavax.swing.JFrame
.myButton.addActionListener( (ActionListener)EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, frame, "toFront"));
myButton
is pressed, the statementframe.toFront()
will be executed. One could get the same effect, with some additional compile-time type safety, by defining a new implementation of theActionListener
interface and adding an instance of it to the button://Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. myButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { frame.toFront(); } });
EventHandler
is to extract a property value from the first argument of the method in the listener interface (typically an event object) and use it to set the value of a property in the target object. In the following example we create anActionListener
that sets thenextFocusableComponent
property of the target (myButton) object to the value of the "source" property of the event.EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, myButton, "nextFocusableComponent", "source")
//Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { myButton.setNextFocusableComponent((Component)e.getSource()); } }
EventHandler
that just passes the incoming event object to the target's action. If the fourthEventHandler.create
argument is an empty string, then the event is just passed along:EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, target, "doActionEvent", "")
//Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { target.doActionEvent(e); } }
EventHandler
is to extract a property value from the source of the event object and set this value as the value of a property of the target object. In the following example we create anActionListener
that sets the "label" property of the target object to the value of the "text" property of the source (the value of the "source" property) of the event.EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, myButton, "label", "source.text")
//Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { myButton.setLabel(((JTextField)e.getSource()).getText()); } }
For example, the following action listener
EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, target, "a", "b.c.d")
//Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { target.setA(e.getB().getC().isD()); } }
EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, target, "a.b", "c.d")
might be written as the following inner class (assuming all the properties had canonical getter methods and returned the appropriate types)://Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { target.getA().setB(e.getC().isD()); } }
As
EventHandler
ultimately relies on reflection to invoke a method we recommend against targeting an overloaded method. For example, if the target is an instance of the classMyTarget
which is defined as:public class MyTarget { public void doIt(String); public void doIt(Object); }
Then the methoddoIt
is overloaded. EventHandler will invoke the method that is appropriate based on the source. If the source is null, then either method is appropriate and the one that is invoked is undefined. For that reason we recommend against targeting overloaded methods.- Since:
- 1.4
- See Also:
Proxy
,EventObject
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor and Description EventHandler(Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName, String listenerMethodName)
Creates a newEventHandler
object; you generally use one of thecreate
methods instead of invoking this constructor directly.
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Method Summary
Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description static <T> T
create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action)
Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which all of the methods in the listener interface apply the handler'saction
to thetarget
.static <T> T
create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName)
/** Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which all of the methods pass the value of the event expression,eventPropertyName
, to the final method in the statement,action
, which is applied to thetarget
.static <T> T
create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName, String listenerMethodName)
Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which the method namedlistenerMethodName
passes the value of the event expression,eventPropertyName
, to the final method in the statement,action
, which is applied to thetarget
.String
getAction()
Returns the name of the target's writable property that this event handler will set, or the name of the method that this event handler will invoke on the target.String
getEventPropertyName()
Returns the property of the event that should be used in the action applied to the target.String
getListenerMethodName()
Returns the name of the method that will trigger the action.Object
getTarget()
Returns the object to which this event handler will send a message.Object
invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] arguments)
Extract the appropriate property value from the event and pass it to the action associated with thisEventHandler
.
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Constructor Detail
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EventHandler
@ConstructorProperties(value={"target","action","eventPropertyName","listenerMethodName"}) public EventHandler(Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName, String listenerMethodName)
Creates a newEventHandler
object; you generally use one of thecreate
methods instead of invoking this constructor directly. Refer tothe general version of create
for a complete description of theeventPropertyName
andlistenerMethodName
parameter.- Parameters:
target
- the object that will perform the actionaction
- the name of a (possibly qualified) property or method on the targeteventPropertyName
- the (possibly qualified) name of a readable property of the incoming eventlistenerMethodName
- the name of the method in the listener interface that should trigger the action- Throws:
NullPointerException
- iftarget
is nullNullPointerException
- ifaction
is null- See Also:
EventHandler
,create(Class, Object, String, String, String)
,getTarget()
,getAction()
,getEventPropertyName()
,getListenerMethodName()
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Method Detail
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getTarget
public Object getTarget()
Returns the object to which this event handler will send a message.- Returns:
- the target of this event handler
- See Also:
EventHandler(Object, String, String, String)
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getAction
public String getAction()
Returns the name of the target's writable property that this event handler will set, or the name of the method that this event handler will invoke on the target.- Returns:
- the action of this event handler
- See Also:
EventHandler(Object, String, String, String)
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getEventPropertyName
public String getEventPropertyName()
Returns the property of the event that should be used in the action applied to the target.- Returns:
- the property of the event
- See Also:
EventHandler(Object, String, String, String)
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getListenerMethodName
public String getListenerMethodName()
Returns the name of the method that will trigger the action. A return value ofnull
signifies that all methods in the listener interface trigger the action.- Returns:
- the name of the method that will trigger the action
- See Also:
EventHandler(Object, String, String, String)
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invoke
public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] arguments)
Extract the appropriate property value from the event and pass it to the action associated with thisEventHandler
.- Specified by:
invoke
in interfaceInvocationHandler
- Parameters:
proxy
- the proxy objectmethod
- the method in the listener interfacearguments
- an array of objects containing the values of the arguments passed in the method invocation on the proxy instance, ornull
if interface method takes no arguments. Arguments of primitive types are wrapped in instances of the appropriate primitive wrapper class, such asjava.lang.Integer
orjava.lang.Boolean
.- Returns:
- the result of applying the action to the target
- See Also:
EventHandler
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create
public static <T> T create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action)
Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which all of the methods in the listener interface apply the handler'saction
to thetarget
. This method is implemented by calling the other, more general, implementation of thecreate
method with both theeventPropertyName
and thelistenerMethodName
taking the valuenull
. Refer tothe general version of create
for a complete description of theaction
parameter.To create an
ActionListener
that shows aJDialog
withdialog.show()
, one can write:EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, dialog, "show")
- Parameters:
listenerInterface
- the listener interface to create a proxy fortarget
- the object that will perform the actionaction
- the name of a (possibly qualified) property or method on the target- Returns:
- an object that implements
listenerInterface
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- iflistenerInterface
is nullNullPointerException
- iftarget
is nullNullPointerException
- ifaction
is null- See Also:
create(Class, Object, String, String)
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create
public static <T> T create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName)
/** Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which all of the methods pass the value of the event expression,eventPropertyName
, to the final method in the statement,action
, which is applied to thetarget
. This method is implemented by calling the more general, implementation of thecreate
method with thelistenerMethodName
taking the valuenull
. Refer tothe general version of create
for a complete description of theaction
andeventPropertyName
parameters.To create an
ActionListener
that sets the the text of aJLabel
to the text value of theJTextField
source of the incoming event, you can use the following code:EventHandler.create(ActionListener.class, label, "text", "source.text");
//Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) { label.setText(((JTextField)(event.getSource())).getText()); } };
- Parameters:
listenerInterface
- the listener interface to create a proxy fortarget
- the object that will perform the actionaction
- the name of a (possibly qualified) property or method on the targeteventPropertyName
- the (possibly qualified) name of a readable property of the incoming event- Returns:
- an object that implements
listenerInterface
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- iflistenerInterface
is nullNullPointerException
- iftarget
is nullNullPointerException
- ifaction
is null- See Also:
create(Class, Object, String, String, String)
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create
public static <T> T create(Class<T> listenerInterface, Object target, String action, String eventPropertyName, String listenerMethodName)
Creates an implementation oflistenerInterface
in which the method namedlistenerMethodName
passes the value of the event expression,eventPropertyName
, to the final method in the statement,action
, which is applied to thetarget
. All of the other listener methods do nothing.The
eventPropertyName
string is used to extract a value from the incoming event object that is passed to the target method. The common case is the target method takes no arguments, in which case a value of null should be used for theeventPropertyName
. Alternatively if you want the incoming event object passed directly to the target method use the empty string. The format of theeventPropertyName
string is a sequence of methods or properties where each method or property is applied to the value returned by the preceeding method starting from the incoming event object. The syntax is:propertyName{.propertyName}*
wherepropertyName
matches a method or property. For example, to extract thepoint
property from aMouseEvent
, you could use either"point"
or"getPoint"
as theeventPropertyName
. To extract the "text" property from aMouseEvent
with aJLabel
source use any of the following aseventPropertyName
:"source.text"
,"getSource.text"
"getSource.getText"
or"source.getText"
. If a method can not be found, or an exception is generated as part of invoking a method aRuntimeException
will be thrown at dispatch time. For example, if the incoming event object is null, andeventPropertyName
is non-null and not empty, aRuntimeException
will be thrown.The
action
argument is of the same format as theeventPropertyName
argument where the last property name identifies either a method name or writable property.If the
listenerMethodName
isnull
all methods in the interface trigger theaction
to be executed on thetarget
.For example, to create a
MouseListener
that sets the target object'sorigin
property to the incomingMouseEvent
's location (that's the value ofmouseEvent.getPoint()
) each time a mouse button is pressed, one would write:EventHandler.create(MouseListener.class, target, "origin", "point", "mousePressed");
MouseListener
in which all of the methods exceptmousePressed
are no-ops://Equivalent code using an inner class instead of EventHandler. new MouseAdapter() { public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { target.setOrigin(e.getPoint()); } };
- Parameters:
listenerInterface
- the listener interface to create a proxy fortarget
- the object that will perform the actionaction
- the name of a (possibly qualified) property or method on the targeteventPropertyName
- the (possibly qualified) name of a readable property of the incoming eventlistenerMethodName
- the name of the method in the listener interface that should trigger the action- Returns:
- an object that implements
listenerInterface
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- iflistenerInterface
is nullNullPointerException
- iftarget
is nullNullPointerException
- ifaction
is null- See Also:
EventHandler
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