policyMgmt
Class Event

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.EventObject
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        +--policyMgmt.Event

Direct Known Subclasses:

TimeEvent

public class Event

extends java.util.EventObject

Base class for all Events of the policyMgmt package.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

Event(java.lang.Object trigger)
Create a new Event.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getRole() Return the role-string of the event.
java.lang.Object	getTrigger() Return the Object that triggerd this Eventm usually an EventGenerator or an Element.
void	setRole(java.lang.String newRole) Set a role-string for this event.

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Event

public Event(java.lang.Object trigger)

Create a new Event. Semantically this means that the event ocurred in this moment. If the argument is an Element object the role attribute of the event will be set to the role of the element.

Parameters:

trigger - associated Element or triggering Object (EventGenerator)

Method Detail

setRole

public void setRole(java.lang.String newRole)

Set a role-string for this event.

Parameters:

newRole - the new role string

getRole

public java.lang.String getRole()

Return the role-string of the event.

Returns:

the role string

getTrigger

public java.lang.Object getTrigger()

Return the Object that triggerd this Eventm usually an EventGenerator or an Element.

Returns:

the triggering Object