EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent
Class VetoableChangeMulticaster

java.lang.Object
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  +--EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.VetoableChangeMulticaster
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class VetoableChangeMulticaster
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class is interoperable with java.beans.VetoableChangeSupport, but relies on a streamlined copy-on-write scheme similar to that used in CopyOnWriteArrayList. It also adheres to clarified semantics of add, remove, and fireVetoableChange operations.

Sample usage.

 class Thing {
   protected Color myColor = Color.red; // an example property
   protected boolean changePending; // track whether in midst of change

   // vetoable listeners:
   protected VetoableChangeMulticaster vetoers =
     new VetoableChangeMulticaster(this);

   // Possibly also some ordinary listeners:
   protected PropertyChangeMulticaster listeners =
     new PropertyChangeMulticaster(this);

   // registration methods, including:
   void addVetoer(VetoableChangeListener l) {
     // Use the `ifAbsent' version to avoid duplicate notifications
     vetoers.addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent(l);
   }
   
   public synchronized Color getColor() { // accessor
     return myColor;
   }

   // Simple transactional control for vetos

   public void setColor(int newColor) throws PropertyVetoException {
     Color oldColor = prepareSetColor(newColor);
    
     try {
       vetoers.fireVetoableChange("color", oldColor, newColor);
       commitColor(newColor);
       listeners.firePropertyChange("color", oldColor, newColor);
     }
     catch(PropertyVetoException ex) {
       abortSetColor();
       throw ex;
     }
   }

   // Called on entry to proposed vetoable change from setColor.
   // Throws exception if there is already another change in progress.
   // Returns current color
   synchronized int prepareSetColor(Color c) throws PropertyVetoException {
     // only support one transaction at a time
     if (changePending) 
       throw new PropertyVetoException("Concurrent modification");
       // (Could alternatively wait out other transactions via
       // a wait/notify construction based on changePending.)

     // perhaps some other screenings, like:
     else if (c == null) 
       throw new PropertyVetoException("Cannot change color to Null");
     else {
       changePending = true;
       return myColor;
     }
   }

   synchronized void commitColor(Color newColor) { 
     myColor = newColor;
     changePending = false;
   }

   synchronized void abortSetColor() {
     changePending = false;
   }

 }
 

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
VetoableChangeMulticaster(java.lang.Object sourceBean)
          Constructs a VetoableChangeMulticaster object.
 
Method Summary
 void addVetoableChangeListener(java.lang.String propertyName, java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Add a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property.
 void addVetoableChangeListener(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Add a VetoableChangeListener to the listener list.
 void addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent(java.lang.String propertyName, java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Add a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property, if it is not already registered.
 void addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list if it is not already present.
 void fireVetoableChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent evt)
          Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners.
 void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName, boolean oldValue, boolean newValue)
          Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners.
 void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName, int oldValue, int newValue)
          Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners.
 void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object oldValue, java.lang.Object newValue)
          Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners.
 boolean hasListeners(java.lang.String propertyName)
          Check if there are any listeners for a specific property.
 void removeVetoableChangeListener(java.lang.String propertyName, java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Remove a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property.
 void removeVetoableChangeListener(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
          Remove an occurrence of a VetoableChangeListener from the listener list.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

VetoableChangeMulticaster

public VetoableChangeMulticaster(java.lang.Object sourceBean)
Constructs a VetoableChangeMulticaster object.

Parameters:
sourceBean - The bean to be given as the source for any events.
Throws:
java.lang.NullPointerException - if sourceBean is null
Method Detail

addVetoableChangeListener

public void addVetoableChangeListener(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Add a VetoableChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all properties. If the listener is added multiple times, it will receive multiple change notifications upon any fireVetoableChange.

Parameters:
listener - The VetoableChangeListener to be added

addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent

public void addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list if it is not already present. The listener is registered for all properties. The operation maintains Set semantics: If the listener is already registered, the operation has no effect.

Parameters:
listener - The PropertyChangeListener to be added
Throws:
java.lang.NullPointerException - If listener is null

removeVetoableChangeListener

public void removeVetoableChangeListener(java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Remove an occurrence of a VetoableChangeListener from the listener list. It removes at most one occurrence of the given listener. If the listener was added multiple times it must be removed mulitple times. This removes a VetoableChangeListener that was registered for all properties, and has no effect if registered for only one or more specified properties.

Parameters:
listener - The VetoableChangeListener to be removed

addVetoableChangeListener

public void addVetoableChangeListener(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                      java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Add a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property. The listener will be invoked only when a call on fireVetoableChange names that specific property. However, if a listener is registered both for all properties and a specific property, it will receive multiple notifications upon changes to that property.

Parameters:
propertyName - The name of the property to listen on.
listener - The VetoableChangeListener to be added
Throws:
java.lang.NullPointerException - If listener is null

addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent

public void addVetoableChangeListenerIfAbsent(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                              java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Add a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property, if it is not already registered. The listener will be invoked only when a call on fireVetoableChange names that specific property.

Parameters:
propertyName - The name of the property to listen on.
listener - The VetoableChangeListener to be added
Throws:
java.lang.NullPointerException - If listener is null

removeVetoableChangeListener

public void removeVetoableChangeListener(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                         java.beans.VetoableChangeListener listener)
Remove a VetoableChangeListener for a specific property. Affects only the given property. If the listener is also registered for all properties, then it will continue to be registered for them.

Parameters:
propertyName - The name of the property that was listened on.
listener - The VetoableChangeListener to be removed

fireVetoableChange

public void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName,
                               java.lang.Object oldValue,
                               java.lang.Object newValue)
                        throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException
Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners. Notifications are sent serially (although in no particular order) to the list of listeners, aborting if one throws PropertyVetoException. Upon this exception, fire a new event reverting this change to all listeners that have already been notified (ignoring any further vetos), suppress notifications to all other listeners, and then rethrow the PropertyVetoException.

No event is fired if old and new are equal non-null.

Parameters:
propertyName - The programmatic name of the property that was changed.
oldValue - The old value of the property.
newValue - The new value of the property.
Throws:
java.beans.PropertyVetoException - if a recipient wishes the property change to be rolled back.

fireVetoableChange

public void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName,
                               int oldValue,
                               int newValue)
                        throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException
Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners. Notifications are sent serially (although in no particular order) to the list of listeners, aborting if one throws PropertyVetoException. Upon this exception, fire a new event reverting this change to all listeners that have already been notified (ignoring any further vetos), suppress notifications to all other listeners, and then rethrow the PropertyVetoException.

No event is fired if old and new are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general fireVetoableChange method that takes Object values.

Parameters:
propertyName - The programmatic name of the property that was changed.
oldValue - The old value of the property.
newValue - The new value of the property.
Throws:
java.beans.PropertyVetoException - if the recipient wishes the property change to be rolled back.

fireVetoableChange

public void fireVetoableChange(java.lang.String propertyName,
                               boolean oldValue,
                               boolean newValue)
                        throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException
Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners. Notifications are sent serially (although in no particular order) to the list of listeners, aborting if one throws PropertyVetoException. Upon this exception, fire a new event reverting this change to all listeners that have already been notified (ignoring any further vetos), suppress notifications to all other listeners, and then rethrow the PropertyVetoException.

No event is fired if old and new are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general fireVetoableChange method that takes Object values.

Parameters:
propertyName - The programmatic name of the property that was changed.
oldValue - The old value of the property.
newValue - The new value of the property.
Throws:
java.beans.PropertyVetoException - if the recipient wishes the property change to be rolled back.

fireVetoableChange

public void fireVetoableChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent evt)
                        throws java.beans.PropertyVetoException
Report a vetoable property update to any registered listeners. Notifications are sent serially (although in no particular order) to the list of listeners, aborting if one throws PropertyVetoException. Upon this exception, fire a new event reverting this change to all listeners that have already been notified (ignoring any further vetos), suppress notifications to all other listeners, and then rethrow the PropertyVetoException.

No event is fired if old and new are equal and non-null. equal and non-null.

Parameters:
evt - The PropertyChangeEvent object.
Throws:
java.beans.PropertyVetoException - if the recipient wishes the property change to be rolled back.

hasListeners

public boolean hasListeners(java.lang.String propertyName)
Check if there are any listeners for a specific property. If propertyName is null, return whether there are any listeners at all.

Parameters:
propertyName - the property name.
Returns:
true if there are one or more listeners for the given property