javax.enterprise.inject.spi

Interface ObserverMethod<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the event type

All Superinterfaces:

Prioritized

public interface ObserverMethod<T>
extends Prioritized

Represents an observer method of an enabled bean. Defines everything the container needs to know about an observer method.

If a custom implementation of this interface does not override either notify(Object) or notify(EventContext), the container automatically detects the problem and treats it as a definition error.

Author:

Gavin King, David Allen, Mark Paluch, Antoine Sabot-Durand

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DEFAULT_PRIORITY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getBeanClass() Obtains the class of the type that declares the observer method.
Set<Annotation>	getObservedQualifiers() Obtains the set of observed event qualifiers.
Type	getObservedType() Obtains the observed event type.
default int	getPriority() The priority that will be used by the container to determine the notification order in which event observer methods are invoked.
Reception	getReception() Obtains the specified Reception for the observer method.
TransactionPhase	getTransactionPhase() Obtains the specified TransactionPhase for the observer method.
default boolean	isAsync() Determines if this observer method is asynchronous
default void	notify(EventContext<T> eventContext) Calls the observer method, passing the given event context.
default void	notify(T event) Calls the observer method, passing the given event object.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_PRIORITY

static final int DEFAULT_PRIORITY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getBeanClass

Class<?> getBeanClass()

Obtains the class of the type that declares the observer method.

Returns:

the defining class

getObservedType

Type getObservedType()

Obtains the observed event type.

Returns:

the observed event type

getObservedQualifiers

Set<Annotation> getObservedQualifiers()

Obtains the set of observed event qualifiers.

Returns:

the observed event qualifiers

getReception

Reception getReception()

Obtains the specified Reception for the observer method. This indicates if the observer is conditional or not.

Returns:

the Reception

getTransactionPhase

TransactionPhase getTransactionPhase()

Obtains the specified TransactionPhase for the observer method.

Returns:

the TransactionPhase

getPriority

default int getPriority()

The priority that will be used by the container to determine the notification order in which event observer methods are invoked.

Specified by:

getPriority in interface Prioritized

Returns:

The priority that will be used by the container to determine the notification order in which event observer methods are invoked.

Since:

2.0

notify

default void notify(T event)

Calls the observer method, passing the given event object.

The implementation of this method for a custom observer method is responsible for deciding whether to call the method if the getReception() returns Reception.IF_EXISTS.

Parameters:

event - the event object

notify

default void notify(EventContext<T> eventContext)

Calls the observer method, passing the given event context.

The container should always call this method, but the default implementation delegates to notify(Object).

The implementation of this method for a custom observer method is responsible for deciding whether to call the method if the getReception() returns Reception.IF_EXISTS.

Parameters:

eventContext - EventContext used to notify observers

isAsync

default boolean isAsync()

Determines if this observer method is asynchronous

Returns:

returns true if the method is an asynchronous observer method (i.e. defined with ObservesAsync), otherwise returns false