com.ibm.ecm.event.messages

Interface MessageGenerator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the data type of the message to be generated

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentMessageGenerator

public interface MessageGenerator<T>

A message generator that generates messages to be handled by subscribed event handlers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object[]	extraParameters(java.lang.reflect.Method handlerMethod, boolean synchronous) Generates and returns any extra parameters this generator can generate and the handler method accepts.
T	message() Generates and returns the message to be passed to the subscribed event handlers as the first parameter.

Method Detail

message

T message()

Generates and returns the message to be passed to the subscribed event handlers as the first parameter.

Returns:

the message

extraParameters

java.lang.Object[] extraParameters(java.lang.reflect.Method handlerMethod,
                                   boolean synchronous)

Generates and returns any extra parameters this generator can generate and the handler method accepts. This method needs to return all the extra parameters the handler method accepts excluding the first parameter.

Parameters:

handlerMethod - the event handler method

synchronous - whether the event will be handled synchronously

Returns:

the extra parameters the handler method accepts excluding the first parameter