Package com.velocitypowered.api.event

Interface EventManager

public interface EventManager

Allows plugins to register and deregister listeners for event handlers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<E> CompletableFuture<E>	fire(E event)	Fires the specified event to the event bus asynchronously.
default void	fireAndForget(Object event)	Posts the specified event to the event bus and discards the result.
default <E> void	register(Object plugin, Class<E> eventClass, EventHandler<E> handler)	Requests that the specified handler listen for events and associate it with the plugin.
<E> void	register(Object plugin, Class<E> eventClass, PostOrder postOrder, EventHandler<E> handler)	Requests that the specified handler listen for events and associate it with the plugin.
void	register(Object plugin, Object listener)	Requests that the specified listener listen for events and associate it with the plugin.
<E> void	unregister(Object plugin, EventHandler<E> handler)	Unregisters a specific event handler for a specific plugin.
void	unregisterListener(Object plugin, Object listener)	Unregisters a specific listener for a specific plugin.
void	unregisterListeners(Object plugin)	Unregisters all listeners for the specified plugin.

Method Detail

register

void register(Object plugin,
              Object listener)

Requests that the specified listener listen for events and associate it with the plugin.

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin to associate with the listener

listener - the listener to register

register

default <E> void register(Object plugin,
                          Class<E> eventClass,
                          EventHandler<E> handler)

Requests that the specified handler listen for events and associate it with the plugin.

Type Parameters:

E - the event type to handle

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin to associate with the handler

eventClass - the class for the event handler to register

handler - the handler to register

register

<E> void register(Object plugin,
                  Class<E> eventClass,
                  PostOrder postOrder,
                  EventHandler<E> handler)

Requests that the specified handler listen for events and associate it with the plugin.

Type Parameters:

E - the event type to handle

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin to associate with the handler

eventClass - the class for the event handler to register

postOrder - the order in which events should be posted to the handler

handler - the handler to register

fire

<E> CompletableFuture<E> fire(E event)

Fires the specified event to the event bus asynchronously. This allows Velocity to continue servicing connections while a plugin handles a potentially long-running operation such as a database query.

Parameters:

event - the event to fire

Returns:

a CompletableFuture representing the posted event

fireAndForget

default void fireAndForget(Object event)

Posts the specified event to the event bus and discards the result.

Parameters:

event - the event to fire

unregisterListeners

void unregisterListeners(Object plugin)

Unregisters all listeners for the specified plugin.

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin to deregister listeners for

unregisterListener

void unregisterListener(Object plugin,
                        Object listener)

Unregisters a specific listener for a specific plugin.

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin associated with the listener

listener - the listener to deregister

unregister

<E> void unregister(Object plugin,
                    EventHandler<E> handler)

Unregisters a specific event handler for a specific plugin.

Type Parameters:

E - the event type to handle

Parameters:

plugin - the plugin to associate with the handler

handler - the handler to register