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| Within the [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/jvx/|JVx]] framework, every event property of an object starts with the prefix “event” to make it easily searchable and identifiable. But enough dry talk, let’s get started. | Within the [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/jvx/|JVx]] framework, every event property of an object starts with the prefix “event” to make it easily searchable and identifiable. But enough dry talk, let’s get started. | ||
| - | ===== Attaching listeners ===== | + | ===== Attaching Listeners ===== |
| We will now look at all the ways on how to attach a listener to an event. | We will now look at all the ways on how to attach a listener to an event. | ||
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| ==== Class ==== | ==== Class ==== | ||
| - | The easiest way to get notified of events is to attach a class (which is implementing the listener interface) to an event as listener, like this: | + | The easiest way to get notified of events is to attach a class (that is implementing the listener interface) to an event as listener, like this: |
| <code java> | <code java> | ||
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| } | } | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | ==== Inlined class ==== | + | ==== Inlined Class ==== |
| - | Of course we can inline this listener class: | + | Of course, we can inline this listener class: |
| <code java> | <code java> | ||
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| } | } | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | ==== JVx style ==== | + | ==== JVx Style ==== |
| - | So far, so normal. But in [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/jvx/|JVx]] we have support to attach listeners based on reflection, like this: | + | So far, so good. However, in [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/jvx/|JVx]] we have support to attach listeners based on reflection, like this: |
| <code java> | <code java> | ||
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| } | } | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | What is happening here is that, internally, a listener is created which references the given object and the named method. This allows to easily add and remove listeners from events and keeping the classes clean by allowing to have all related event listeners in one place and without additional class definitions. | + | What is happening here is that, internally, a listener is created that references the given object and the named method. This allows us to easily add and remove listeners from events and keeps the classes clean by allowing us to have all related event listeners in one place without additional class definitions. |
| ==== Lambdas ==== | ==== Lambdas ==== | ||
| - | Yet there is more, we can of course attach [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html|lambdas]] to the events as listeners, too: | + | Yet there is more. We can, of course, attach [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html|lambdas]] to the events as listeners too: |
| <code java> | <code java> | ||
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| } | } | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | ==== Method references ==== | + | ==== Method References ==== |
| - | And last but not least, thanks to the new capabilities of Java 1.8, we can also use [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html|method references]]: | + | Lastly, thanks to the new capabilities of Java 1.8, we can also use [[https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html|method references]]: |
| <code java> | <code java> | ||