org.opencms.main
Class CmsEvent

java.lang.Object
  org.opencms.main.CmsEvent

public class CmsEvent

extends Object

Event class for OpenCms for system wide events that are thrown by various operations (e.g. publishing) and can be catched and processed by classes that implement the I_CmsEventListener interface.

Since:

6.0.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

Alexander Kandzior

See Also:

I_CmsEventListener

Constructor Summary

CmsEvent(int type, Map data)
Construct a new CmsEvent with the specified parameters.

Method Summary

Map	getData() Provides access to the event data that was passed with this event.
int	getType() Provides access to the event type that was passed with this event.
Integer	getTypeInteger() Provides access to the event type as Integer.
String	toString() Return a String representation of this CmsEvent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CmsEvent

public CmsEvent(int type,
                Map data)

Construct a new CmsEvent with the specified parameters.

The event data Map provides a facility to pass objects with the event that contain information about the event environment. For example, if the event is of type I_CmsEventListener.EVENT_LOGIN_USER the Map contains a single object with the key "data" and a value that is the OpenCms user object that represents the user that just logged in.

Parameters:

type - event type

data - event data

See Also:

I_CmsEventListener

Method Detail

getData

public Map getData()

Provides access to the event data that was passed with this event.

Returns:

the event data of this event

getType

public int getType()

Provides access to the event type that was passed with this event.

Event types of the core OpenCms classes are defined in I_CmsEventListener. For your extensions, you should define them in a central class or interface as public member variables. Make sure the integer values do not confict with the values from the core classes.

Returns:

the event type of this event

See Also:

I_CmsEventListener

getTypeInteger

public Integer getTypeInteger()

Provides access to the event type as Integer.

Returns:

the event type of this event as Integer

toString

public String toString()

Return a String representation of this CmsEvent.

Returns:

a String representation of this event