Package org.spongepowered.api.event

Interface EventManager

public interface EventManager

Manages the registration of event listeners and the dispatching of events.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	post(Event event)	Calls an Event to all listeners that listen to it.
<E extends Event> EventManager	registerListener(EventListenerRegistration<E> registration)	Submits a new listener registration to this manager.
EventManager	registerListeners(org.spongepowered.plugin.PluginContainer plugin, Object obj)	Registers Event methods annotated with @Listener in the specified object.
EventManager	unregisterListeners(Object obj)	Un-registers an object from receiving Events.

Method Detail

registerListener

<E extends Event> EventManager registerListener(EventListenerRegistration<E> registration)

Submits a new listener registration to this manager.

Type Parameters:

E - The event type

Parameters:

registration - The registration

Returns:

This manager, for fluency

registerListeners

EventManager registerListeners(org.spongepowered.plugin.PluginContainer plugin,
                               Object obj)

Registers Event methods annotated with @Listener in the specified object.

Only methods that are public will be registered and the class must be public as well.

Parameters:

plugin - The plugin instance

obj - The object

Returns:

This manager, for fluency

unregisterListeners

EventManager unregisterListeners(Object obj)

Un-registers an object from receiving Events.

If the provided object is a plugin, all events associated with that plugin will be unregistered.

Parameters:

obj - The object

Returns:

This manager, for fluency

post

boolean post(Event event)

Calls an Event to all listeners that listen to it.

Parameters:

event - The event

Returns:

True if cancelled, false if not