Class ObservableValueBase<T>

java.lang.Object

javafx.beans.value.ObservableValueBase<T>

Type Parameters:: T - the observable value type

All Implemented Interfaces:: Observable, ObservableValue<T>

public abstract class ObservableValueBase<T> extends Object implements ObservableValue<T>

A convenience class for creating implementations of ObservableValue. It contains all of the infrastructure support for value invalidation- and change event notification. This implementation can handle adding and removing listeners while the observers are being notified, but it is not thread-safe.

Since:: JavaFX 2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`ObservableValueBase()`	Creates a default `ObservableValueBase`.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addListener(InvalidationListener listener)`	Adds an `InvalidationListener` which will be notified whenever the `Observable` becomes invalid.
`void`	`addListener(ChangeListener<? super T> listener)`	Adds a `ChangeListener` which will be notified whenever the value of the `ObservableValue` changes.
`protected void`	`fireValueChangedEvent()`	Notify the currently registered observers of a value change.
`void`	`removeListener(InvalidationListener listener)`	Removes the given listener from the list of listeners, that are notified whenever the value of the `Observable` becomes invalid.
`void`	`removeListener(ChangeListener<? super T> listener)`	Removes the given listener from the list of listeners that are notified whenever the value of the `ObservableValue` changes.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Methods declared in interface javafx.beans.Observable

subscribe

Methods declared in interface javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue

flatMap, getValue, map, orElse, subscribe, subscribe, when

Constructor Details

ObservableValueBase

public ObservableValueBase()

Creates a default ObservableValueBase.

Method Details

addListener

public void addListener(InvalidationListener listener)

Adds an InvalidationListener which will be notified whenever the Observable becomes invalid. If the same listener is added more than once, then it will be notified more than once. That is, no check is made to ensure uniqueness.

Note that the same actual InvalidationListener instance may be safely registered for different Observables.

The Observable stores a strong reference to the listener which will prevent the listener from being garbage collected and may result in a memory leak. It is recommended to either unregister a listener by calling removeListener after use or to use an instance of WeakInvalidationListener avoid this situation.

Specified by:

addListener in interface Observable

Parameters:

listener - The listener to register

See Also:

addListener

public void addListener(ChangeListener<? super T> listener)

Adds a ChangeListener which will be notified whenever the value of the ObservableValue changes. If the same listener is added more than once, then it will be notified more than once. That is, no check is made to ensure uniqueness.

Note that the same actual ChangeListener instance may be safely registered for different ObservableValues.

The ObservableValue stores a strong reference to the listener which will prevent the listener from being garbage collected and may result in a memory leak. It is recommended to either unregister a listener by calling removeListener after use or to use an instance of WeakChangeListener avoid this situation.

Specified by:

addListener in interface ObservableValue<T>

Parameters:

listener - The listener to register

See Also:

removeListener

public void removeListener(InvalidationListener listener)

Removes the given listener from the list of listeners, that are notified whenever the value of the Observable becomes invalid.

If the given listener has not been previously registered (i.e. it was never added) then this method call is a no-op. If it had been previously added then it will be removed. If it had been added more than once, then only the first occurrence will be removed.

Specified by:

removeListener in interface Observable

Parameters:

listener - The listener to remove

See Also:

removeListener

public void removeListener(ChangeListener<? super T> listener)

Removes the given listener from the list of listeners that are notified whenever the value of the ObservableValue changes.

Specified by:

removeListener in interface ObservableValue<T>

Parameters:

listener - The listener to remove

See Also:

fireValueChangedEvent

protected void fireValueChangedEvent()

Notify the currently registered observers of a value change. This implementation will ignore all adds and removes of observers that are done while a notification is processed. The changes take effect in the following call to fireValueChangedEvent.

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