EventSetDescriptor (Java Platform SE 8 )

java.lang.Object
- java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
- - java.beans.EventSetDescriptor

```
public class EventSetDescriptor
extends FeatureDescriptor
```
An EventSetDescriptor describes a group of events that a given Java bean fires.
The given group of events are all delivered as method calls on a single event listener interface, and an event listener object can be registered via a call on a registration method supplied by the event source.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String listenerMethodName)` Creates an `EventSetDescriptor` assuming that you are following the most simple standard design pattern where a named event "fred" is (1) delivered as a call on the single method of interface FredListener, (2) has a single argument of type FredEvent, and (3) where the FredListener may be registered with a call on an addFredListener method of the source component and removed with a call on a removeFredListener method.
`EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName)` Creates an `EventSetDescriptor` from scratch using string names.
`EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass, String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, String[] listenerMethodNames, String addListenerMethodName, String removeListenerMethodName, String getListenerMethodName)` This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.
`EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, Method[] listenerMethods, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod)` Creates an `EventSetDescriptor` from scratch using `java.lang.reflect.Method` and `java.lang.Class` objects.
`EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, Method[] listenerMethods, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod, Method getListenerMethod)` This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.Method and java.lang.Class objects.
`EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName, Class<?> listenerType, MethodDescriptor[] listenerMethodDescriptors, Method addListenerMethod, Method removeListenerMethod)` Creates an `EventSetDescriptor` from scratch using `java.lang.reflect.MethodDescriptor` and `java.lang.Class` objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Method`	`getAddListenerMethod()` Gets the method used to add event listeners.
`Method`	`getGetListenerMethod()` Gets the method used to access the registered event listeners.
`MethodDescriptor[]`	`getListenerMethodDescriptors()` Gets the `MethodDescriptor`s of the target listener interface.
`Method[]`	`getListenerMethods()` Gets the methods of the target listener interface.
`Class<?>`	`getListenerType()` Gets the `Class` object for the target interface.
`Method`	`getRemoveListenerMethod()` Gets the method used to remove event listeners.
`boolean`	`isInDefaultEventSet()` Reports if an event set is in the "default" set.
`boolean`	`isUnicast()` Normally event sources are multicast.
`void`	`setInDefaultEventSet(boolean inDefaultEventSet)` Marks an event set as being in the "default" set (or not).
`void`	`setUnicast(boolean unicast)` Mark an event set as unicast (or not).

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setDisplayName, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setPreferred, setShortDescription, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass,
                          String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          String listenerMethodName)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    Creates an EventSetDescriptor assuming that you are following the most simple standard design pattern where a named event "fred" is (1) delivered as a call on the single method of interface FredListener, (2) has a single argument of type FredEvent, and (3) where the FredListener may be registered with a call on an addFredListener method of the source component and removed with a call on a removeFredListener method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sourceClass - The class firing the event.
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event. E.g. "fred". Note that this should normally start with a lower-case character.
    
    listenerType - The target interface that events will get delivered to.
    
    listenerMethodName - The method that will get called when the event gets delivered to its target listener interface.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass,
                          String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          String[] listenerMethodNames,
                          String addListenerMethodName,
                          String removeListenerMethodName)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sourceClass - The class firing the event.
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event set. Note that this should normally start with a lower-case character.
    
    listenerType - The Class of the target interface that events will get delivered to.
    
    listenerMethodNames - The names of the methods that will get called when the event gets delivered to its target listener interface.
    
    addListenerMethodName - The name of the method on the event source that can be used to register an event listener object.
    
    removeListenerMethodName - The name of the method on the event source that can be used to de-register an event listener object.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(Class<?> sourceClass,
                          String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          String[] listenerMethodNames,
                          String addListenerMethodName,
                          String removeListenerMethodName,
                          String getListenerMethodName)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using string names.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sourceClass - The class firing the event.
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event set. Note that this should normally start with a lower-case character.
    
    listenerType - The Class of the target interface that events will get delivered to.
    
    listenerMethodNames - The names of the methods that will get called when the event gets delivered to its target listener interface.
    
    addListenerMethodName - The name of the method on the event source that can be used to register an event listener object.
    
    removeListenerMethodName - The name of the method on the event source that can be used to de-register an event listener object.
    
    getListenerMethodName - The method on the event source that can be used to access the array of event listener objects.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
    
    Since:
    
    1.4
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          Method[] listenerMethods,
                          Method addListenerMethod,
                          Method removeListenerMethod)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.Method and java.lang.Class objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event set.
    
    listenerType - The Class for the listener interface.
    
    listenerMethods - An array of Method objects describing each of the event handling methods in the target listener.
    
    addListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to register an event listener object.
    
    removeListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to de-register an event listener object.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          Method[] listenerMethods,
                          Method addListenerMethod,
                          Method removeListenerMethod,
                          Method getListenerMethod)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    This constructor creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.Method and java.lang.Class objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event set.
    
    listenerType - The Class for the listener interface.
    
    listenerMethods - An array of Method objects describing each of the event handling methods in the target listener.
    
    addListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to register an event listener object.
    
    removeListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to de-register an event listener object.
    
    getListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to access the array of event listener objects.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
    
    Since:
    
    1.4
  - EventSetDescriptor
```
public EventSetDescriptor(String eventSetName,
                          Class<?> listenerType,
                          MethodDescriptor[] listenerMethodDescriptors,
                          Method addListenerMethod,
                          Method removeListenerMethod)
                   throws IntrospectionException
```
    Creates an EventSetDescriptor from scratch using java.lang.reflect.MethodDescriptor and java.lang.Class objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    eventSetName - The programmatic name of the event set.
    
    listenerType - The Class for the listener interface.
    
    listenerMethodDescriptors - An array of MethodDescriptor objects describing each of the event handling methods in the target listener.
    
    addListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to register an event listener object.
    
    removeListenerMethod - The method on the event source that can be used to de-register an event listener object.
    
    Throws:
    
    IntrospectionException - if an exception occurs during introspection.
- Method Detail
  - getListenerType
```
public Class<?> getListenerType()
```
    Gets the Class object for the target interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Class object for the target interface that will get invoked when the event is fired.
  - getListenerMethods
```
public Method[] getListenerMethods()
```
    Gets the methods of the target listener interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of Method objects for the target methods within the target listener interface that will get called when events are fired.
  - getListenerMethodDescriptors
```
public MethodDescriptor[] getListenerMethodDescriptors()
```
    Gets the MethodDescriptors of the target listener interface.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of MethodDescriptor objects for the target methods within the target listener interface that will get called when events are fired.
  - getAddListenerMethod
```
public Method getAddListenerMethod()
```
    Gets the method used to add event listeners.
    
    Returns:
    
    The method used to register a listener at the event source.
  - getRemoveListenerMethod
```
public Method getRemoveListenerMethod()
```
    Gets the method used to remove event listeners.
    
    Returns:
    
    The method used to remove a listener at the event source.
  - getGetListenerMethod
```
public Method getGetListenerMethod()
```
    Gets the method used to access the registered event listeners.
    
    Returns:
    
    The method used to access the array of listeners at the event source or null if it doesn't exist.
    
    Since:
    
    1.4
  - setUnicast
```
public void setUnicast(boolean unicast)
```
    Mark an event set as unicast (or not).
    
    Parameters:
    
    unicast - True if the event set is unicast.
  - isUnicast
```
public boolean isUnicast()
```
    Normally event sources are multicast. However there are some exceptions that are strictly unicast.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the event set is unicast. Defaults to false.
  - setInDefaultEventSet
```
public void setInDefaultEventSet(boolean inDefaultEventSet)
```
    Marks an event set as being in the "default" set (or not). By default this is true.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inDefaultEventSet - true if the event set is in the "default" set, false if not
  - isInDefaultEventSet
```
public boolean isInDefaultEventSet()
```
    Reports if an event set is in the "default" set.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the event set is in the "default" set. Defaults to true.

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Class EventSetDescriptor

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

EventSetDescriptor

EventSetDescriptor

EventSetDescriptor

EventSetDescriptor

EventSetDescriptor

EventSetDescriptor

Method Detail

getListenerType

getListenerMethods

getListenerMethodDescriptors

getAddListenerMethod

getRemoveListenerMethod

getGetListenerMethod

setUnicast

isUnicast

setInDefaultEventSet

isInDefaultEventSet