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The EventListenerList.java Java example source code

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package javax.swing.event;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import sun.reflect.misc.ReflectUtil;

/**
 * A class that holds a list of EventListeners.  A single instance
 * can be used to hold all listeners (of all types) for the instance
 * using the list.  It is the responsiblity of the class using the
 * EventListenerList to provide type-safe API (preferably conforming
 * to the JavaBeans spec) and methods which dispatch event notification
 * methods to appropriate Event Listeners on the list.
 *
 * The main benefits that this class provides are that it is relatively
 * cheap in the case of no listeners, and it provides serialization for
 * event-listener lists in a single place, as well as a degree of MT safety
 * (when used correctly).
 *
 * Usage example:
 *    Say one is defining a class that sends out FooEvents, and one wants
 * to allow users of the class to register FooListeners and receive
 * notification when FooEvents occur.  The following should be added
 * to the class definition:
 * <pre>
 * EventListenerList listenerList = new EventListenerList();
 * FooEvent fooEvent = null;
 *
 * public void addFooListener(FooListener l) {
 *     listenerList.add(FooListener.class, l);
 * }
 *
 * public void removeFooListener(FooListener l) {
 *     listenerList.remove(FooListener.class, l);
 * }
 *
 *
 * // Notify all listeners that have registered interest for
 * // notification on this event type.  The event instance
 * // is lazily created using the parameters passed into
 * // the fire method.
 *
 * protected void fireFooXXX() {
 *     // Guaranteed to return a non-null array
 *     Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
 *     // Process the listeners last to first, notifying
 *     // those that are interested in this event
 *     for (int i = listeners.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
 *         if (listeners[i]==FooListener.class) {
 *             // Lazily create the event:
 *             if (fooEvent == null)
 *                 fooEvent = new FooEvent(this);
 *             ((FooListener)listeners[i+1]).fooXXX(fooEvent);
 *         }
 *     }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * foo should be changed to the appropriate name, and fireFooXxx to the
 * appropriate method name.  One fire method should exist for each
 * notification method in the FooListener interface.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Warning:
 * Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
 * future Swing releases. The current serialization support is
 * appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running
 * the same version of Swing.  As of 1.4, support for long term storage
 * of all JavaBeans™
 * has been added to the <code>java.beans package.
 * Please see {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}.
 *
 * @author Georges Saab
 * @author Hans Muller
 * @author James Gosling
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class EventListenerList implements Serializable {
    /* A null array to be shared by all empty listener lists*/
    private final static Object[] NULL_ARRAY = new Object[0];
    /* The list of ListenerType - Listener pairs */
    protected transient Object[] listenerList = NULL_ARRAY;

    /**
     * Passes back the event listener list as an array
     * of ListenerType-listener pairs.  Note that for
     * performance reasons, this implementation passes back
     * the actual data structure in which the listener data
     * is stored internally!
     * This method is guaranteed to pass back a non-null
     * array, so that no null-checking is required in
     * fire methods.  A zero-length array of Object should
     * be returned if there are currently no listeners.
     *
     * WARNING!!! Absolutely NO modification of
     * the data contained in this array should be made -- if
     * any such manipulation is necessary, it should be done
     * on a copy of the array returned rather than the array
     * itself.
     */
    public Object[] getListenerList() {
        return listenerList;
    }

    /**
     * Return an array of all the listeners of the given type.
     * @return all of the listeners of the specified type.
     * @exception  ClassCastException if the supplied class
     *          is not assignable to EventListener
     *
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public <T extends EventListener> T[] getListeners(Class t) {
        Object[] lList = listenerList;
        int n = getListenerCount(lList, t);
        T[] result = (T[])Array.newInstance(t, n);
        int j = 0;
        for (int i = lList.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
            if (lList[i] == t) {
                result[j++] = (T)lList[i+1];
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the total number of listeners for this listener list.
     */
    public int getListenerCount() {
        return listenerList.length/2;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the total number of listeners of the supplied type
     * for this listener list.
     */
    public int getListenerCount(Class<?> t) {
        Object[] lList = listenerList;
        return getListenerCount(lList, t);
    }

    private int getListenerCount(Object[] list, Class t) {
        int count = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i+=2) {
            if (t == (Class)list[i])
                count++;
        }
        return count;
    }

    /**
     * Adds the listener as a listener of the specified type.
     * @param t the type of the listener to be added
     * @param l the listener to be added
     */
    public synchronized <T extends EventListener> void add(Class t, T l) {
        if (l==null) {
            // In an ideal world, we would do an assertion here
            // to help developers know they are probably doing
            // something wrong
            return;
        }
        if (!t.isInstance(l)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Listener " + l +
                                         " is not of type " + t);
        }
        if (listenerList == NULL_ARRAY) {
            // if this is the first listener added,
            // initialize the lists
            listenerList = new Object[] { t, l };
        } else {
            // Otherwise copy the array and add the new listener
            int i = listenerList.length;
            Object[] tmp = new Object[i+2];
            System.arraycopy(listenerList, 0, tmp, 0, i);

            tmp[i] = t;
            tmp[i+1] = l;

            listenerList = tmp;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes the listener as a listener of the specified type.
     * @param t the type of the listener to be removed
     * @param l the listener to be removed
     */
    public synchronized <T extends EventListener> void remove(Class t, T l) {
        if (l ==null) {
            // In an ideal world, we would do an assertion here
            // to help developers know they are probably doing
            // something wrong
            return;
        }
        if (!t.isInstance(l)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Listener " + l +
                                         " is not of type " + t);
        }
        // Is l on the list?
        int index = -1;
        for (int i = listenerList.length-2; i>=0; i-=2) {
            if ((listenerList[i]==t) && (listenerList[i+1].equals(l) == true)) {
                index = i;
                break;
            }
        }

        // If so,  remove it
        if (index != -1) {
            Object[] tmp = new Object[listenerList.length-2];
            // Copy the list up to index
            System.arraycopy(listenerList, 0, tmp, 0, index);
            // Copy from two past the index, up to
            // the end of tmp (which is two elements
            // shorter than the old list)
            if (index < tmp.length)
                System.arraycopy(listenerList, index+2, tmp, index,
                                 tmp.length - index);
            // set the listener array to the new array or null
            listenerList = (tmp.length == 0) ? NULL_ARRAY : tmp;
            }
    }

    // Serialization support.
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s) throws IOException {
        Object[] lList = listenerList;
        s.defaultWriteObject();

        // Save the non-null event listeners:
        for (int i = 0; i < lList.length; i+=2) {
            Class<?> t = (Class)lList[i];
            EventListener l = (EventListener)lList[i+1];
            if ((l!=null) && (l instanceof Serializable)) {
                s.writeObject(t.getName());
                s.writeObject(l);
            }
        }

        s.writeObject(null);
    }

    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        listenerList = NULL_ARRAY;
        s.defaultReadObject();
        Object listenerTypeOrNull;

        while (null != (listenerTypeOrNull = s.readObject())) {
            ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            EventListener l = (EventListener)s.readObject();
            String name = (String) listenerTypeOrNull;
            ReflectUtil.checkPackageAccess(name);
            add((Class<EventListener>)Class.forName(name, true, cl), l);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the EventListenerList.
     */
    public String toString() {
        Object[] lList = listenerList;
        String s = "EventListenerList: ";
        s += lList.length/2 + " listeners: ";
        for (int i = 0 ; i <= lList.length-2 ; i+=2) {
            s += " type " + ((Class)lList[i]).getName();
            s += " listener " + lList[i+1];
        }
        return s;
    }
}