org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events
Interface EventDispatcher
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- ControlContainerContext
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- ControlContainerContext, EventDispatchHelper, ServletBeanContext
public interface EventDispatcher
The EventDispatcher interface defines the method signature that a container supporting
the external dispatch of Control events would implement.
dispatchEvent
Object dispatchEvent(ControlHandle target,
EventRef event,
Object[] args)
throws IllegalAccessException,
IllegalArgumentException,
InvocationTargetException
- Dispatches a Control event to a target control.
- Parameters:
target
- the target controlevent
- the event to deliver to the controlargs
- the parameters to the control event
- Throws:
IllegalAccessException
- the underlying event method is not accessible due to
access control.
IllegalArgumentException
- the target is not valid, the event is not a valid event
type for the requested target, or the argument types do not match the event
signature.
InvocationTargetException
- wraps any exception thrown by the underlying event
handler.