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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry5.runtime; |
| |
| /** |
| * The core methods related to event handling. Events used in this way exist to gather data from user code, by invoking |
| * user methods and capturing the response. Return values from methods, if non-null, are passed to a {@link |
| * org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentEventCallback}. The {@link ComponentEvent} subinterface extends this by providing |
| * access to a context, or set of information related to the event, along with additional data used, at runtime, to |
| * match events to user code methods. |
| */ |
| public interface Event |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the event has been aborted (meaning that the return value from some event handler method was |
| * accepted, and processing of the event was terminated). |
| * |
| * @return true if no further event handler methods should be invoked |
| */ |
| boolean isAborted(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Invoke to identify, to the event, what component and method is being acted upon (used for some kinds of exception |
| * reporting). |
| * |
| * @param methodDescription describes the location (i.e. file name, method name and line number) of the method |
| */ |
| void setMethodDescription(String methodDescription); |
| |
| /** |
| * Stores a result for the event. Storing a non-null result value may abort the event (at the discretion of the |
| * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentEventCallback}). |
| * |
| * @param result the result obtained from a method invocations |
| * @return true if the event is now aborted |
| */ |
| boolean storeResult(Object result); |
| } |