EventType (DJUTILS - Delft Java Utilities 1.06.25 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.djutils.event.AbstractEventType
- - org.djutils.event.EventType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, EventTypeInterface
```
public class EventType
extends AbstractEventType
```
The EventType is the description of a topic used for the subscription to asynchronous events. Event types are used by EventProducers to show which events they potentially fire. EventTypes are typically defined as static final fields. This class only accepts when the producer fires events of type Event, and not a subclass of Event.

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Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`EventType(String name)`	Deprecated.
`EventType(String name, MetaData metaData)`	Construct a new EventType.
`EventType(MetaData metaData)`	Construct a new EventType.

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class org.djutils.event.AbstractEventType
  equals, getMetaData, getName, getValidEventType, hashCode, toString
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EventType
```
public EventType(String name,
                 MetaData metaData)
```
    Construct a new EventType. Only events of the type Event, and no subclasses of Event, can be used to fire events of this type. This means that firing a TimedEvent of this type will result in an error.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - String; the name of the new eventType. Two values are not appreciated: null and the empty string.
    
    metaData - MetaData; describes the payload of events of the new EventType;
  - EventType
```
public EventType(MetaData metaData)
```
    Construct a new EventType. The name of the metadata will function as the name of the event. Only events of the type Event, and no subclasses of Event, can be used to fire events of this type. This means that firing a TimedEvent of this type will result in an error.
    
    Parameters:
    
    metaData - MetaData; describes the payload of events of the new EventType;
  - EventType
```
@Deprecated
public EventType(String name)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Construct a new EventType with no meta data. Only events of the type Event, and no subclasses of Event, can be used to fire events of this type. This means that firing a TimedEvent of this type will result in an error.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - String; the name of the new eventType. Two values are not appreciated: null and the empty string.