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package org.apache.asyncweb.client.util;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

/**
 * This is an event dispatcher to dispatch monitoring events on separate threads
 * from the main thread.  
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public class EventDispatcher {
    /** shared thread pool for dispatching events */
    private static ExecutorService dispatchThreadPool;
    
    /** list of listeners for monitoring events */
    private final List<MonitoringListener> listeners = 
            new CopyOnWriteArrayList<MonitoringListener>();
    
    /**
     * Creates a new EventDispatcher, including starting the new thread. 
     */
    public EventDispatcher() {
        // initialize the thread pool if it is not initialized yet
        synchronized (EventDispatcher.class) {
            if (dispatchThreadPool == null) {
                dispatchThreadPool = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new DaemonThreadFactory());
            }
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Add a listener for the dispatched events. 
     * 
     * @param listener The new listener.
     */
    public void addListener(MonitoringListener listener) {
        listeners.add(listener);
    }
    
    /**
     * Remove a listener from the dispatch queue.
     * 
     * @param listener The listener to remove.
     */
    public void removeListener(MonitoringListener listener) {
        listeners.remove(listener);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns an array of the current monitoring listeners.
     */
    public MonitoringListener[] getListeners() {
        return listeners.toArray(new MonitoringListener[0]);
    }
    
    /**
     * Dispatch an event.  
     * 
     * @param event     The event to dispatch.
     */
    public void dispatchEvent(final MonitoringEvent event) { 
        // if there's no active listeners, no point in dispatching this 
        if (listeners.isEmpty()) {
            return;
        }

        Runnable job = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                // iterate through the listeners list calling the handlers. 
                for (MonitoringListener listener : listeners) {
                    try {
                        event.dispatch(listener); 
                    } catch (Throwable e) {
                        // just eat these 
                    }
                }
            }
        };
        dispatchThreadPool.execute(job);
    }
}