net.jini.core.event

Class EventRegistration

java.lang.Object

net.jini.core.event.EventRegistration

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class EventRegistration
extends Object
implements Serializable

A utility class for use as a return value for event-interest registration methods. Objects of this class are meant to encapsulate the information needed by a client to identify a notification as a response to a registration request and to maintain that registration request. It is not mandatory for an event-interest registration method to use this class.

A registration of interest in some kind of event that occurs within the scope of a transaction is leased in the same way as other event interest registrations. However, the duration of the registration is the minimum of the length of the lease and the duration of the transaction. Simply put, when the transaction ends (either because of a commit or an abort) the interest registration also ends. This is true even if the lease for the event registration has not expired and no call has been made to cancel the lease.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EventRegistration(long eventID, Object source, Lease lease, long seqNum) Constructs an EventRegistration object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getID() Returns the identifier that will be used in all RemoteEvents generated for this interest registration.
Lease	getLease() Returns the Lease object for this registration.
long	getSequenceNumber() Returns the value of the sequence number on the event kind that was current when the registration was granted, allowing comparison with the sequence number in any subsequent notifications.
Object	getSource() Returns the source that will be used in all RemoteEvents generated for this interest registration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EventRegistration

public EventRegistration(long eventID,
                         Object source,
                         Lease lease,
                         long seqNum)

Constructs an EventRegistration object. Immutable since 3.0.0

Parameters:

eventID - a long representing the event identifier

source - an Object representing the event source

lease - the registration Lease object

seqNum - a long representing the current sequence number

Method Detail

getID

public long getID()

Returns the identifier that will be used in all RemoteEvents generated for this interest registration.

Returns:

a long used to identify all RemoteEvents that are generated for this interest registration.

See Also:

RemoteEvent.getID()

getSource

public Object getSource()

Returns the source that will be used in all RemoteEvents generated for this interest registration.

Returns:

an Object that represents the source of all RemoteEvents for this interest registration

See Also:

EventObject.getSource()

getLease

public Lease getLease()

Returns the Lease object for this registration.

Returns:

the Lease object for this registration.

getSequenceNumber

public long getSequenceNumber()

Returns the value of the sequence number on the event kind that was current when the registration was granted, allowing comparison with the sequence number in any subsequent notifications.

Returns:

a long representing the value of the sequence number on the event type that was current when the registration was granted, allowing comparison with the sequence number in any subsequent notifications.