Class InvocationEvent

java.awt.event.InvocationEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:: ActiveEvent, Serializable

public class InvocationEvent extends AWTEvent implements ActiveEvent

An event which executes the run() method on a

Runnable

when dispatched by the AWT event dispatcher thread. This class can be used as a reference implementation of ActiveEvent rather than declaring a new class and defining dispatch().

Instances of this class are placed on the EventQueue by calls to invokeLater and invokeAndWait. Client code can use this fact to write replacement functions for invokeLater and invokeAndWait without writing special-case code in any AWTEventListener objects.

An unspecified behavior will be caused if the id parameter of any particular InvocationEvent instance is not in the range from INVOCATION_FIRST to INVOCATION_LAST.

Since:

1.2

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected boolean`	`catchExceptions`	Set to true if dispatch() catches Throwable and stores it in the exception instance variable.
`static final int`	`INVOCATION_DEFAULT`	The default id for all InvocationEvents.
`static final int`	`INVOCATION_FIRST`	Marks the first integer id for the range of invocation event ids.
`static final int`	`INVOCATION_LAST`	Marks the last integer id for the range of invocation event ids.
`protected Object`	`notifier`	The (potentially null) Object whose notifyAll() method will be called immediately after the Runnable.run() method has returned or thrown an exception or after the event was disposed.
`protected Runnable`	`runnable`	The Runnable whose run() method will be called.

Fields declared in class AWTEvent

ACTION_EVENT_MASK, ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK, COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK, consumed, CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK, FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK, HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK, id, INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK, INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK, ITEM_EVENT_MASK, KEY_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK, MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK, PAINT_EVENT_MASK, RESERVED_ID_MAX, TEXT_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK, WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final long`	`ACTION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting action events.
`static final long`	`ADJUSTMENT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting adjustment events.
`static final long`	`COMPONENT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting component events.
`protected boolean`	`consumed`	Controls whether or not the event is sent back down to the peer once the source has processed it - false means it's sent to the peer; true means it's not.
`static final long`	`CONTAINER_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting container events.
`static final long`	`FOCUS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting focus events.
`static final long`	`HIERARCHY_BOUNDS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting hierarchy bounds events.
`static final long`	`HIERARCHY_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting hierarchy events.
`protected int`	`id`	The event's id.
`static final long`	`INPUT_METHOD_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting input method events.
`static final long`	`INVOCATION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting invocation events.
`static final long`	`ITEM_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting item events.
`static final long`	`KEY_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting key events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse motion events.
`static final long`	`MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting mouse wheel events.
`static final long`	`PAINT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting paint events.
`static final int`	`RESERVED_ID_MAX`	The maximum value for reserved AWT event IDs.
`static final long`	`TEXT_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting text events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_FOCUS_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window focus events.
`static final long`	`WINDOW_STATE_EVENT_MASK`	The event mask for selecting window state events.

Fields declared in class EventObject

source

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected Object`	`source`	The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Constructor Summary

InvocationEvent(Object source,
 int id,
 Runnable runnable,
 Object notifier,
 boolean catchThrowables)

InvocationEvent(Object source,
 Runnable runnable)

InvocationEvent(Object source,
 Runnable runnable,
 Object notifier,
 boolean catchThrowables)

InvocationEvent(Object source,
 Runnable runnable,
 Runnable listener,
 boolean catchThrowables)

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructs an `InvocationEvent` with the specified source and ID which will execute the runnable's `run()` method when dispatched.
	Constructs an `InvocationEvent` with the specified source which will execute the runnable's `run()` method when dispatched.
	Constructs an `InvocationEvent` with the specified source which will execute the runnable's `run()` method when dispatched.
	Constructs an `InvocationEvent` with the specified source which will execute the runnable's `run()` method when dispatched.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dispatch()`	Executes the Runnable's `run()` method and notifies the notifier (if any) when `run()` has returned or thrown an exception.
`Exception`	`getException()`	Returns any Exception caught while executing the Runnable's `run()` method.
`Throwable`	`getThrowable()`	Returns any Throwable caught while executing the Runnable's `run()` method.
`long`	`getWhen()`	Returns the timestamp of when this event occurred.
`boolean`	`isDispatched()`	Returns `true` if the event is dispatched or any exception is thrown while dispatching, `false` otherwise.
`String`	`paramString()`	Returns a parameter string identifying this event.

Methods declared in class AWTEvent

consume, getID, isConsumed, setSource, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`consume()`	Consumes this event, if this event can be consumed.
`int`	`getID()`	Returns the event type.
`protected boolean`	`isConsumed()`	Returns whether this event has been consumed.
`void`	`setSource(Object newSource)`	Retargets an event to a new source.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a String representation of this object.

Methods declared in class EventObject

getSource

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getSource()`	The object on which the Event initially occurred.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Field Details

INVOCATION_FIRST

public static final int INVOCATION_FIRST

Marks the first integer id for the range of invocation event ids.

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INVOCATION_DEFAULT

public static final int INVOCATION_DEFAULT

The default id for all InvocationEvents.

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INVOCATION_LAST

public static final int INVOCATION_LAST

Marks the last integer id for the range of invocation event ids.

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runnable

protected Runnable runnable

The Runnable whose run() method will be called.

notifier

protected volatile Object notifier

The (potentially null) Object whose notifyAll() method will be called immediately after the Runnable.run() method has returned or thrown an exception or after the event was disposed.

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catchExceptions

protected boolean catchExceptions

Set to true if dispatch() catches Throwable and stores it in the exception instance variable. If false, Throwables are propagated up to the EventDispatchThread's dispatch loop.

Constructor Details

InvocationEvent

public InvocationEvent(Object source, Runnable runnable)

Constructs an InvocationEvent with the specified source which will execute the runnable's run() method when dispatched.

This is a convenience constructor. An invocation of the form InvocationEvent(source, runnable) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation of InvocationEvent(source, runnable, null, false).

This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:

source - The Object that originated the event

runnable - The Runnable whose run() method will be executed

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

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InvocationEvent

public InvocationEvent(Object source, Runnable runnable, Object notifier, boolean catchThrowables)

Constructs an InvocationEvent with the specified source which will execute the runnable's run() method when dispatched. If notifier is non-null, notifyAll() will be called on it immediately after run() has returned or thrown an exception.

An invocation of the form InvocationEvent(source, runnable, notifier, catchThrowables) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation of InvocationEvent(source, InvocationEvent.INVOCATION_DEFAULT, runnable, notifier, catchThrowables).

This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:

source - The Object that originated the event

runnable - The Runnable whose run() method will be executed

notifier - The Object whose notifyAll method will be called after Runnable.run has returned or thrown an exception or after the event was disposed

catchThrowables - Specifies whether dispatch should catch Throwable when executing the Runnable's run() method, or should instead propagate those Throwables to the EventDispatchThread's dispatch loop

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

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InvocationEvent

public InvocationEvent(Object source, Runnable runnable, Runnable listener, boolean catchThrowables)

Constructs an InvocationEvent with the specified source which will execute the runnable's run() method when dispatched. If listener is non-null, listener.run() will be called immediately after run has returned, thrown an exception or the event was disposed.

This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:: source - The Object that originated the event; runnable - The Runnable whose run() method will be executed; listener - The Runnable whose run() method will be called after the InvocationEvent was dispatched or disposed; catchThrowables - Specifies whether dispatch should catch Throwable when executing the Runnable's run() method, or should instead propagate those Throwables to the EventDispatchThread's dispatch loop
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

InvocationEvent

protected InvocationEvent(Object source, int id, Runnable runnable, Object notifier, boolean catchThrowables)

Constructs an InvocationEvent with the specified source and ID which will execute the runnable's run() method when dispatched. If notifier is non-null, notifyAll() will be called on it immediately after run() has returned or thrown an exception.

This method throws an IllegalArgumentException if source is null.

Parameters:

source - The Object that originated the event

id - An integer indicating the type of event. For information on allowable values, see the class description for InvocationEvent

runnable - The Runnable whose run() method will be executed

notifier - The Object whose notifyAll method will be called after Runnable.run has returned or thrown an exception or after the event was disposed

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null

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Method Details

dispatch

public void dispatch()

Executes the Runnable's run() method and notifies the notifier (if any) when run() has returned or thrown an exception.

Specified by:

dispatch in interface ActiveEvent

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getException

public Exception getException()

Returns any Exception caught while executing the Runnable's run() method.

Returns:: A reference to the Exception if one was thrown; null if no Exception was thrown or if this InvocationEvent does not catch exceptions

getThrowable

public Throwable getThrowable()

Returns any Throwable caught while executing the Runnable's run() method.

Returns:: A reference to the Throwable if one was thrown; null if no Throwable was thrown or if this InvocationEvent does not catch Throwables
Since:: 1.5

getWhen

public long getWhen()

Returns the timestamp of when this event occurred.

Returns:: this event's timestamp
Since:: 1.4

isDispatched

public boolean isDispatched()

Returns true if the event is dispatched or any exception is thrown while dispatching, false otherwise. The method should be called by a waiting thread that calls the notifier.wait() method. Since spurious wakeups are possible (as explained in Object.wait()), this method should be used in a waiting loop to ensure that the event got dispatched:

    while (!event.isDispatched()) {
        notifier.wait();
    }

If the waiting thread wakes up without dispatching the event, the isDispatched() method returns false, and the while loop executes once more, thus, causing the awakened thread to revert to the waiting mode.

If the notifier.notifyAll() happens before the waiting thread enters the notifier.wait() method, the while loop ensures that the waiting thread will not enter the notifier.wait() method. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that the waiting thread will ever be woken from the wait.

Returns:

true if the event has been dispatched, or any exception has been thrown while dispatching, false otherwise

Since:

1.7

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paramString

public String paramString()

Returns a parameter string identifying this event. This method is useful for event-logging and for debugging.

Overrides:: paramString in class AWTEvent
Returns:: A string identifying the event and its attributes

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