EventBackend (Cinnamon API 2.20.3)

java.lang.Object
- com.lightbend.cinnamon.event.EventBackend

```
public abstract class EventBackend
extends java.lang.Object
```
EventBackend abstraction to create events for instrumented entities.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static EventBackend NONE
Empty no-op EventBackend.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

EventBackend()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract EventFactory`	`eventsFor(Identity identity)`	Create an `EventFactory` for an instrumented entity with the given `Identity`.
`boolean`	`usesIdentity()`	Override and set to false if the event backend doesn't use the identity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - NONE
```
public static final EventBackend NONE
```
    Empty no-op EventBackend.
- Constructor Detail
  - EventBackend
```
public EventBackend()
```
- Method Detail
  - eventsFor
```
public abstract EventFactory eventsFor(Identity identity)
```
    Create an EventFactory for an instrumented entity with the given Identity.
    
    Parameters:
    
    identity - identity of instrumented event
    
    Returns:
    
    event factory for the instrumented entity
  - usesIdentity
```
public boolean usesIdentity()
```
    Override and set to false if the event backend doesn't use the identity. This will avoid creating multiple events for multiple identities.
    
    Returns:
    
    whether this event backend uses the identity