javax.portlet
Interface Event

public interface Event

The Event interface represents an event that the portlet has received in the event processing phase.

The Event interface encapsulates the event name and event payload, it does not represent the event object itself.

The portlet must define the events it is able to receive in the portlet deployment descriptor with the supported-processing-event.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

EventPortlet

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Get the local part of the event name.
javax.xml.namespace.QName	getQName() Get the event QName.
java.io.Serializable	getValue() Get the event payload.

Method Detail

getQName

javax.xml.namespace.QName getQName()

Get the event QName.

Returns:

the QName of the event, never null.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the local part of the event name.

Returns:

the local part of the event, never null.

getValue

java.io.Serializable getValue()

Get the event payload.

Returns:

event payload, must be serializable. May return null if this event has no payload.