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<a name="19" href="#19">19</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">package</strong> org.apache.shiro.event;
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<a name="21" href="#21">21</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a name="22" href="#22">22</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * An event bus can publish events to event subscribers as well as provide a mechanism for registering and unregistering</em>
<a name="23" href="#23">23</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * event subscribers.</em>
<a name="24" href="#24">24</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a name="25" href="#25">25</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * An event bus enables a publish/subscribe paradigm within Shiro - components can publish or consume events they</em>
<a name="26" href="#26">26</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * find relevant without needing to be tightly coupled to other components. This affords great</em>
<a name="27" href="#27">27</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * flexibility within Shiro by promoting loose coupling and high cohesion between components and a much safer pluggable</em>
<a name="28" href="#28">28</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * architecture.</em>
<a name="29" href="#29">29</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;h2&gt;Sending Events&lt;/h2&gt;</em>
<a name="30" href="#30">30</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * If a component wishes to publish events to other components:</em>
<a name="31" href="#31">31</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;pre&gt;</em>
<a name="32" href="#32">32</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * MyEvent myEvent = createMyEvent();</em>
<a name="33" href="#33">33</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * eventBus.publish(myEvent);</em>
<a name="34" href="#34">34</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;/pre&gt;</em>
<a name="35" href="#35">35</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * The event bus will determine the type of event and then dispatch the event to components that wish to receive</em>
<a name="36" href="#36">36</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * events of that type.</em>
<a name="37" href="#37">37</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;h2&gt;Receiving Events&lt;/h2&gt;</em>
<a name="38" href="#38">38</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * A component can receive events of interest by doing the following.</em>
<a name="39" href="#39">39</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;ol&gt;</em>
<a name="40" href="#40">40</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;li&gt;For each type of event you wish to consume, create a public method that accepts a single event argument.</em>
<a name="41" href="#41">41</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * The method argument type indicates the type of event to receive.&lt;/li&gt;</em>
<a name="42" href="#42">42</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;li&gt;Annotate each of these public methods with the {@link org.apache.shiro.event.Subscribe Subscribe} annotation.&lt;/li&gt;</em>
<a name="43" href="#43">43</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;li&gt;Register the component with the event bus:</em>
<a name="44" href="#44">44</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;pre&gt;</em>
<a name="45" href="#45">45</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * eventBus.register(myComponent);</em>
<a name="46" href="#46">46</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;/pre&gt;</em>
<a name="47" href="#47">47</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;/li&gt;</em>
<a name="48" href="#48">48</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;/ol&gt;</em>
<a name="49" href="#49">49</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * After registering the component, when when an event of a respective type is published, the component's</em>
<a name="50" href="#50">50</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@code Subscribe}-annotated method(s) will be invoked as expected.</em>
<a name="51" href="#51">51</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a name="52" href="#52">52</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * This design (and its constituent helper components) was largely influenced by</em>
<a name="53" href="#53">53</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Guava's &lt;a href="<a href="http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/eventbus/EventBus.html" target="alexandria_uri">http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/eventbus/EventBus.html</a>"&gt;EventBus&lt;/a&gt;</em>
<a name="54" href="#54">54</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * concept, although no code was viewed/copied/imported (even though Guava code is Apache 2.0 licensed and could have</em>
<a name="55" href="#55">55</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * been used).</em>
<a name="56" href="#56">56</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a name="57" href="#57">57</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @since 1.3</em>
<a name="58" href="#58">58</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a name="59" href="#59">59</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">interface</strong> <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/event/EventBus.html">EventBus</a> {
<a name="60" href="#60">60</a>
<a name="61" href="#61">61</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a name="62" href="#62">62</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Publishes the specified event to an event subsystem that will deliver events to relevant {@link Subscribe}rs.</em>
<a name="63" href="#63">63</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a name="64" href="#64">64</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param event The event object to distribute to relevant subscribers.</em>
<a name="65" href="#65">65</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a name="66" href="#66">66</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">void</strong> publish(Object event);
<a name="67" href="#67">67</a>
<a name="68" href="#68">68</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a name="69" href="#69">69</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Registers all event handler methods on the specified instance to receive relevant events. The handler methods</em>
<a name="70" href="#70">70</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * are determined by the {@code EventBus} implementation, typically by using an</em>
<a name="71" href="#71">71</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link org.apache.shiro.event.support.EventListenerResolver EventListenerResolver}</em>
<a name="72" href="#72">72</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * (e.g. {@link org.apache.shiro.event.support.AnnotationEventListenerResolver AnnotationEventListenerResolver}).</em>
<a name="73" href="#73">73</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a name="74" href="#74">74</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param subscriber the object whose event handler methods should be registered to receive events.</em>
<a name="75" href="#75">75</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a name="76" href="#76">76</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">void</strong> register(Object subscriber);
<a name="77" href="#77">77</a>
<a name="78" href="#78">78</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a name="79" href="#79">79</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Unregisters all previously-registered event handler methods on the specified instance. If the specified object</em>
<a name="80" href="#80">80</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * was not previously registered, calling this method has no effect.</em>
<a name="81" href="#81">81</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a name="82" href="#82">82</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param subscriber the previously</em>
<a name="83" href="#83">83</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a name="84" href="#84">84</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">void</strong> unregister(Object subscriber);
<a name="85" href="#85">85</a> }
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