org.apache.excalibur.event

Interface EventHandler

public interface EventHandler

An EventHandler takes care of processing specific events in an event-based architecture.

The interface design is heavily influenced by Matt Welsh's SandStorm server, his demonstration of the SEDA architecture. We have deviated where we felt the design differences where better.

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	handleEvent(java.lang.Object element) Handle one event at a time.
void	handleEvents(java.lang.Object[] elements) Handle a whole array of events at a time.

Method Detail

handleEvent

void handleEvent(java.lang.Object element)

Handle one event at a time.

Parameters:

element - The element that the EventHandler must process

handleEvents

void handleEvents(java.lang.Object[] elements)

Handle a whole array of events at a time.

Parameters:

elements - The array of elements that the EventHandler must process