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package java.beans.beancontext;

import java.util.EventObject;

import java.beans.beancontext.BeanContext;


BeanContextEvent is the abstract root event class
for all events emitted
from, and pertaining to the semantics of, a BeanContext.
This class introduces a mechanism to allow the propagation of
BeanContextEvent subclasses through a hierarchy of
BeanContexts. The setPropagatedFrom()
and getPropagatedFrom() methods allow a
BeanContext to identify itself as the source
of a propagated event.

Author:
     Laurence P. G. Cable
See Also:
BeanContext
Since:
      1.2/**
 * <p>
 * <code>BeanContextEvent</code> is the abstract root event class
 * for all events emitted
 * from, and pertaining to the semantics of, a <code>BeanContext</code>.
 * This class introduces a mechanism to allow the propagation of
 * <code>BeanContextEvent</code> subclasses through a hierarchy of
 * <code>BeanContext</code>s. The <code>setPropagatedFrom()</code>
 * and <code>getPropagatedFrom()</code> methods allow a
 * <code>BeanContext</code> to identify itself as the source
 * of a propagated event.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author      Laurence P. G. Cable
 * @since       1.2
 * @see         java.beans.beancontext.BeanContext
 */

public abstract class BeanContextEvent extends EventObject {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7267998073569045052L;

    
Contruct a BeanContextEvent
Params:
bc –        The BeanContext source/**
     * Contruct a BeanContextEvent
     *
     * @param bc        The BeanContext source
     */
    protected BeanContextEvent(BeanContext bc) {
        super(bc);
    }

    
Gets the BeanContext associated with this event.
Returns:
the BeanContext associated with this event./**
     * Gets the <code>BeanContext</code> associated with this event.
     * @return the <code>BeanContext</code> associated with this event.
     */
    public BeanContext getBeanContext() { return (BeanContext)getSource(); }

    
Sets the BeanContext from which this event was propagated.
Params:
bc – the BeanContext from which this event
was propagated/**
     * Sets the <code>BeanContext</code> from which this event was propagated.
     * @param bc the <code>BeanContext</code> from which this event
     * was propagated
     */
    public synchronized void setPropagatedFrom(BeanContext bc) {
        propagatedFrom = bc;
    }

    
Gets the BeanContext from which this event was propagated.
Returns:
the BeanContext from which this
event was propagated/**
     * Gets the <code>BeanContext</code> from which this event was propagated.
     * @return the <code>BeanContext</code> from which this
     * event was propagated
     */
    public synchronized BeanContext getPropagatedFrom() {
        return propagatedFrom;
    }

    
Reports whether or not this event is
propagated from some other BeanContext.
Returns:
true if propagated, false
if not/**
     * Reports whether or not this event is
     * propagated from some other <code>BeanContext</code>.
     * @return <code>true</code> if propagated, <code>false</code>
     * if not
     */
    public synchronized boolean isPropagated() {
        return propagatedFrom != null;
    }

    /*
     * fields
     */

    
The BeanContext from which this event was propagated
/**
     * The <code>BeanContext</code> from which this event was propagated
     */
    protected BeanContext propagatedFrom;
}