org.jgap.event
Interface IEventManager

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EventManager

public interface IEventManager
extends java.io.Serializable

Interface for event managers (e.g., see class EventManager).

Since:

2.6

Method Summary

void	addEventListener(java.lang.String a_eventName, GeneticEventListener a_eventListenerToAdd) Adds a new listener that will be notified when the event represented by the given name is fired.
void	fireGeneticEvent(GeneticEvent a_eventToFire) Fires a genetic event.
void	removeEventListener(java.lang.String a_eventName, GeneticEventListener a_eventListenerToRemove) Removes the given listener from subscription of the indicated event.

Method Detail

addEventListener

void addEventListener(java.lang.String a_eventName,
                      GeneticEventListener a_eventListenerToAdd)

Adds a new listener that will be notified when the event represented by the given name is fired.

Parameters:

a_eventName - the name of the event to which the given listener should be subscribed. Standard events are represented by constants in the GeneticEvent class

a_eventListenerToAdd - the genetic listener to subscribe to notifications of the given event

Since:

2.6 (since 1.0 in EventManager)

removeEventListener

void removeEventListener(java.lang.String a_eventName,
                         GeneticEventListener a_eventListenerToRemove)

Removes the given listener from subscription of the indicated event. The listener will no longer be notified when the given event occurs.

Parameters:

a_eventName - the name of the event to which the given listener should be removed. Standard events are represented by constants in the GeneticEvent class

a_eventListenerToRemove - the genetic listener to unsubscribe from notifications of the given event

Since:

2.6 (since 1.0 in EventManager)

fireGeneticEvent

void fireGeneticEvent(GeneticEvent a_eventToFire)

Fires a genetic event. All subscribers of that particular event type (as determined by the name of the event) will be notified of it having been fired.

Parameters:

a_eventToFire - the representation of the genetic event to fire

Since:

2.6 (since 1.0 in EventManager)