triveni
Class Communicator

java.lang.Object
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  +--triveni.Communicator

Direct Known Subclasses:

Activity, Expr

public abstract class Communicator

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable, LabeledListener

The class Communicator provides common capabilities for the Triveni classes Activity and Expr. This class handles renaming, relevant labels of incoming events, and external event listeners.

See Also:

Activity, Expr, LabeledEvent, LabeledListener

Constructor Summary

Communicator()

Method Summary

void	addLabeledListener(LabeledListener l) Adds an external listener to this communicator.
protected void	addRelevantLabel(java.lang.Object label) Adds a label to the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.
protected void	addRelevantLabels(com.sun.java.util.collections.List labels) Adds labels to the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.
java.lang.Object	clone()
protected void	fireEvent(LabeledEvent e) Fires an event to all external listeners.
protected com.sun.java.util.collections.List	getRelevantLabels() The incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.
void	removeLabeledListener(LabeledListener l) Removes an external listener from this communicator.
protected void	removeRelevantLabel(java.lang.Object label) Removes a relevant incoming event label.
protected void	setRelevantLabels(com.sun.java.util.collections.List labels) Sets the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.
protected void	setRelevantLabels(java.lang.Object[] labels) Sets the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Communicator

public Communicator()

Method Detail

getRelevantLabels

protected final com.sun.java.util.collections.List getRelevantLabels()

The incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

setRelevantLabels

protected final void setRelevantLabels(com.sun.java.util.collections.List labels)

Sets the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

addRelevantLabel

protected final void addRelevantLabel(java.lang.Object label)

Adds a label to the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

addRelevantLabels

protected final void addRelevantLabels(com.sun.java.util.collections.List labels)

Adds labels to the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

setRelevantLabels

protected final void setRelevantLabels(java.lang.Object[] labels)

Sets the incoming event labels this communicator is interested in.

removeRelevantLabel

protected final void removeRelevantLabel(java.lang.Object label)

Removes a relevant incoming event label.

addLabeledListener

public final void addLabeledListener(LabeledListener l)

Adds an external listener to this communicator.

removeLabeledListener

public final void removeLabeledListener(LabeledListener l)

Removes an external listener from this communicator.

fireEvent

protected final void fireEvent(LabeledEvent e)
                        throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Fires an event to all external listeners.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object