ApplicationEventPublisher.java

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package io.micronaut.context.event;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;

import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

/**
 * <p>Interface for classes that publish events received by {@link ApplicationEventListener} instances.</p>
 *
 * <p>Note that this interface is designed for application level, non-blocking synchronous events for decoupling code
 * and is not a replacement for a messaging system</p>
 *
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @param <T> The event type
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ApplicationEventPublisher<T> {

    ApplicationEventPublisher<?> NO_OP = new NoOpApplicationEventPublisher();

    /**
     * Returns a no-op instance of {@link ApplicationEventPublisher}.
     *
     * @param <K> The event type
     * @return an instance of {@link ApplicationEventPublisher}
     */
    static <K> ApplicationEventPublisher<K> noOp() {
        return (ApplicationEventPublisher<K>) NO_OP;
    }

    /**
     * Publish the given event. The event will be published synchronously and only return once all listeners have consumed the event.
     *
     * @param event The event to publish
     */
    void publishEvent(@NonNull T event);

    /**
     * Publish the given event. The event will be published asynchronously. A future is returned that can be used to check whether the event completed successfully or not.
     *
     * @param event The event to publish
     * @return A future that completes when the event is published
     * @since 1.3.5
     */
    default @NonNull Future<Void> publishEventAsync(@NonNull T event) {
        CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
        future.completeExceptionally(new UnsupportedOperationException("Asynchronous event publishing is not supported by this implementation"));
        return future;
    }

    /**
     * Check whether this publisher is empty (i.e. has no listeners). If this method returns
     * {@code true}, {@link #publishEvent(Object)} does not need to be called.
     *
     * @return {@code true} iff there are no subscribers
     * @since 4.0.0
     */
    default boolean isEmpty() {
        return false;
    }
}