uk.ac.standrews.cs.nds.eventModel.eventBus.busInterfaces
Interface IEventBus

All Known Implementing Classes:

EventBus

public interface IEventBus

Event bus that accepts events and distributes them to all interested registered consumers.

Author:

stuart, graham

Method Summary

void	publishEvent(IEvent event) Distributes the given event to all interested consumers.
void	register(IEventConsumer consumer) Registers a new consumer with the event bus.
void	unregister(IEventConsumer consumer) Removes a consumer from the event bus.

Method Detail

publishEvent

void publishEvent(IEvent event)

Distributes the given event to all interested consumers.

Parameters:

event - the event to be distributed

register

void register(IEventConsumer consumer)

Registers a new consumer with the event bus.

Parameters:

consumer - the event consumer to be registered

unregister

void unregister(IEventConsumer consumer)

Removes a consumer from the event bus.

Parameters:

consumer - the event consumer to be removed