C
- The callback type.T
- The notification sender type. Typically this is the containing class.A
- Opaque argument used to pass additional data beyond an int.public class CallbackRegistry<C,T,A> extends Object implements Cloneable
A subclass of CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback
must be passed to
the constructor to define how notifications should be called. That implementation
does the actual notification on the listener. It is typically a static instance
that can be reused for all similar CallbackRegistries.
This class supports only callbacks with at most three parameters.
Typically, these are the notification originator and a parameter, with another to
indicate which method to call, but these may be used as required. If more than
three parameters are required or primitive types other than the single int provided
must be used, A
should be some kind of containing structure that
the subclass may reuse between notifications.
Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
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static class |
CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback<C,T,A>
Class used to notify events from CallbackRegistry.
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Constructor and Description |
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CallbackRegistry(CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback<C,T,A> notifier)
Creates an EventRegistry that notifies the event with notifier.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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void |
add(C callback)
Add a callback to be notified.
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void |
clear()
Removes all callbacks from the list.
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CallbackRegistry<C,T,A> |
clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this object.
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ArrayList<C> |
copyCallbacks()
Makes a copy of the registered callbacks and returns it.
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void |
copyCallbacks(List<C> callbacks)
Modifies
callbacks to contain all callbacks in the CallbackRegistry. |
boolean |
isEmpty()
Returns true if there are no registered callbacks or false otherwise.
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void |
notifyCallbacks(T sender,
int arg,
A arg2)
Notify all callbacks.
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void |
remove(C callback)
Remove a callback.
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public CallbackRegistry(CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback<C,T,A> notifier)
notifier
- The class to use to notify events.public void notifyCallbacks(T sender, int arg, A arg2)
sender
- The originator. This is an opaque parameter passed to
CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback.onNotifyCallback(Object, Object, int, Object)
arg
- An opaque parameter passed to
CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback.onNotifyCallback(Object, Object, int, Object)
arg2
- An opaque parameter passed to
CallbackRegistry.NotifierCallback.onNotifyCallback(Object, Object, int, Object)
public void add(C callback)
callback
- The callback to add.public void remove(C callback)
callback
- The callback to remove.public ArrayList<C> copyCallbacks()
public void copyCallbacks(List<C> callbacks)
callbacks
to contain all callbacks in the CallbackRegistry.callbacks
- modified to contain all callbacks registered to receive events.public boolean isEmpty()
public void clear()
public CallbackRegistry<C,T,A> clone()
Object
x
, the expression:
will be true, and that the expression:x.clone() != x
will bex.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
true
, but these are not absolute requirements.
While it is typically the case that:
will bex.clone().equals(x)
true
, this is not an absolute requirement.
By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling
super.clone
. If a class and all of its superclasses (except
Object
) obey this convention, it will be the case that
x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
.
By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent
of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence,
it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned
by super.clone
before returning it. Typically, this means
copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure"
of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these
objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only
primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually
the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone
need to be modified.
The method clone
for class Object
performs a
specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does
not implement the interface Cloneable
, then a
CloneNotSupportedException
is thrown. Note that all arrays
are considered to implement the interface Cloneable
and that
the return type of the clone
method of an array type T[]
is T[]
where T is any reference or primitive type.
Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this
object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of
the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the
contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method
performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.
The class Object
does not itself implement the interface
Cloneable
, so calling the clone
method on an object
whose class is Object
will result in throwing an
exception at run time.