Informer¶

public class Informer<DataType extends Object> extends Participant ¶

This class offers a method to publish events to a channel, reaching all participating Listeners. This n:m-communication is one of the basic communication patterns offered by RSB.

Author: swrede, rgaertne, jschaefe, jwienke
Parameters: <DataType> – The type of data sent by this informer

Constructors¶

Informer¶

Informer(InformerCreateArgs args)¶

Creates an informer for a specific data type with a given scope and with a specified config.

Parameters: args – arguments used to create the new instance
Throws: InitializeException – error initializing the informer

Methods¶

activate¶

public void activate()¶

deactivate¶

public void deactivate()¶

getDataType¶

public Class<?> getDataType()¶

getKind¶

public String getKind()¶

getTransportUris¶

public Set<URI> getTransportUris()¶

getTypeInfo¶

public Class<?> getTypeInfo()¶

Returns the class describing the type of data sent by this informer.

Returns: class

isActive¶

public boolean isActive()¶

publish¶

public Event publish(Event event)¶

Publish an Event to all subscribed participants.

Parameters

event – the event to send

Throws

RSBException – error sending event
IllegalArgumentException – if the event is not complete or does not match the type or scope settings of the informer

Returns

modified event with set timing information

publish¶

public Event publish(DataType data)¶

Publish data (of type DataType) to all subscribed participants.

Parameters: data – data to send with default setting from the informer
Throws: RSBException – error sending event
Returns: generated event

setTypeInfo¶

public void setTypeInfo(Class<?> typeInfo)¶

Set the class object describing the type of data sent by this informer.

Parameters: typeInfo – a Class instance describing the sent data