akka.event.japi
Class ScanningEventBus<E,S,C>

java.lang.Object
  extended by akka.event.japi.ScanningEventBus<E,S,C>
All Implemented Interfaces:
EventBus<E,S,C>

public abstract class ScanningEventBus<E,S,C>
extends java.lang.Object
implements EventBus<E,S,C>

See documentation for ScanningClassification E is the Event type S is the Subscriber type C is the Classifier type


Constructor Summary
ScanningEventBus()
           
 
Method Summary
protected abstract  int compareClassifiers(C a, C b)
          Provides a total ordering of Classifiers (think java.util.Comparator.compare)
protected abstract  int compareSubscribers(S a, S b)
          Provides a total ordering of Subscribers (think java.util.Comparator.compare)
protected abstract  boolean matches(C classifier, E event)
          Returns whether the specified Classifier matches the specified Event
 void publish(E event)
          Publishes the specified Event to this bus
protected abstract  void publish(E event, S subscriber)
          Publishes the specified Event to the specified Subscriber
 boolean subscribe(S subscriber, C to)
          Attempts to register the subscriber to the specified Classifier
 void unsubscribe(S subscriber)
          Attempts to deregister the subscriber from all Classifiers it may be subscribed to
 boolean unsubscribe(S subscriber, C from)
          Attempts to deregister the subscriber from the specified Classifier
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ScanningEventBus

public ScanningEventBus()
Method Detail

compareClassifiers

protected abstract int compareClassifiers(C a,
                                          C b)
Provides a total ordering of Classifiers (think java.util.Comparator.compare)

Parameters:
a - (undocumented)
b - (undocumented)
Returns:
(undocumented)

compareSubscribers

protected abstract int compareSubscribers(S a,
                                          S b)
Provides a total ordering of Subscribers (think java.util.Comparator.compare)

Parameters:
a - (undocumented)
b - (undocumented)
Returns:
(undocumented)

matches

protected abstract boolean matches(C classifier,
                                   E event)
Returns whether the specified Classifier matches the specified Event

Parameters:
classifier - (undocumented)
event - (undocumented)
Returns:
(undocumented)

publish

protected abstract void publish(E event,
                                S subscriber)
Publishes the specified Event to the specified Subscriber

Parameters:
event - (undocumented)
subscriber - (undocumented)

subscribe

public boolean subscribe(S subscriber,
                         C to)
Description copied from interface: EventBus
Attempts to register the subscriber to the specified Classifier

Specified by:
subscribe in interface EventBus<E,S,C>
Parameters:
subscriber - (undocumented)
to - (undocumented)
Returns:
true if successful and false if not (because it was already subscribed to that Classifier, or otherwise)

unsubscribe

public boolean unsubscribe(S subscriber,
                           C from)
Description copied from interface: EventBus
Attempts to deregister the subscriber from the specified Classifier

Specified by:
unsubscribe in interface EventBus<E,S,C>
Parameters:
subscriber - (undocumented)
from - (undocumented)
Returns:
true if successful and false if not (because it wasn't subscribed to that Classifier, or otherwise)

unsubscribe

public void unsubscribe(S subscriber)
Description copied from interface: EventBus
Attempts to deregister the subscriber from all Classifiers it may be subscribed to

Specified by:
unsubscribe in interface EventBus<E,S,C>
Parameters:
subscriber - (undocumented)

publish

public void publish(E event)
Description copied from interface: EventBus
Publishes the specified Event to this bus

Specified by:
publish in interface EventBus<E,S,C>
Parameters:
event - (undocumented)