org.agilewiki.jactor.events

Interface EventQueue<E>

Type Parameters:

E -

All Superinterfaces:

EventDestination<E>, EventDispatcher<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAEventQueue

public interface EventQueue<E>
extends EventDispatcher<E>, EventDestination<E>

An EventQueue receives events, queues them, and then processes them on another thread.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	acquireControl(EventQueue<E> controller) Gain control of the queue.
EventQueue<E>	getController() Returns the controlling queue.
void	relinquishControl() Relinquish foreign control over the queue.

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.events.EventDispatcher

dispatchEvents, isEmpty, setActiveEventProcessor

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.events.EventDestination

putEvent

Method Detail

acquireControl

boolean acquireControl(EventQueue<E> controller)

Gain control of the queue.

Parameters:

controller - A queue.

Returns:

True when control was acquired.

relinquishControl

void relinquishControl()

Relinquish foreign control over the queue.

getController

EventQueue<E> getController()

Returns the controlling queue.

Returns:

The controlling queue.