java/javax/servlet/http/HttpSessionBindingEvent.java

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package javax.servlet.http;

/**
 * Events of this type are either sent to an object that implements
 * {@link HttpSessionBindingListener} when it is bound or unbound from a
 * session, or to a {@link HttpSessionAttributeListener} that has been
 * configured in the deployment descriptor when any attribute is bound, unbound
 * or replaced in a session.
 * <p>
 * The session binds the object by a call to
 * <code>HttpSession.setAttribute</code> and unbinds the object by a call to
 * <code>HttpSession.removeAttribute</code>.
 *
 * @see HttpSession
 * @see HttpSessionBindingListener
 * @see HttpSessionAttributeListener
 */
public class HttpSessionBindingEvent extends HttpSessionEvent {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /* The name to which the object is being bound or unbound */
    private final String name;

    /* The object is being bound or unbound */
    private final Object value;

    /**
     * Constructs an event that notifies an object that it has been bound to or
     * unbound from a session. To receive the event, the object must implement
     * {@link HttpSessionBindingListener}.
     *
     * @param session
     *            the session to which the object is bound or unbound
     * @param name
     *            the name with which the object is bound or unbound
     * @see #getName()
     * @see #getSession()
     */
    public HttpSessionBindingEvent(HttpSession session, String name) {
        super(session);
        this.name = name;
        this.value = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an event that notifies an object that it has been bound to or
     * unbound from a session. To receive the event, the object must implement
     * {@link HttpSessionBindingListener}.
     *
     * @param session
     *            the session to which the object is bound or unbound
     * @param name
     *            the name with which the object is bound or unbound
     * @param value
     *            the object that is bound or unbound
     * @see #getName()
     * @see #getSession()
     * @see #getValue()
     */
    public HttpSessionBindingEvent(HttpSession session, String name,
            Object value) {
        super(session);
        this.name = name;
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Get the session that changed.
     * @return The session that changed
     */
    @Override
    public HttpSession getSession() {
        return super.getSession();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name with which the attribute is bound to or unbound from the
     * session.
     *
     * @return a string specifying the name with which the object is bound to or
     *         unbound from the session
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of the attribute that has been added, removed or
     * replaced.
     *
     * @return If the attribute was added (or bound), this is the value of the
     *         attribute. If the attribute was removed (or unbound), this is the
     *         value of the removed attribute. If the attribute was replaced,
     *         this is the old value of the attribute.
     *
     * @since 2.3
     */
    public Object getValue() {
        return this.value;
    }
}