Dispatcher (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.1.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.dspace.event.Dispatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicDispatcher
```
public abstract class Dispatcher
extends Object
```
Interface for event dispatchers. The primary role of a dispatcher is to deliver a set of events to a configured list of consumers. It may also transform, consolidate, and otherwise optimize the event stream prior to delivering events to its consumers.

Version:

$Revision$

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected Map<String,ConsumerProfile>`	`consumers`	Map of consumers by their configured name.
`protected int`	`identifier`	unique identifier of this dispatcher - cached hash of its text Name
`protected String`	`name`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected Dispatcher(String name)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`addConsumerProfile(ConsumerProfile cp)`	Add a consumer profile to the end of the list.
`abstract void`	`dispatch(Context ctx)`	Dispatch all events added to this Context according to configured consumers.
`Collection`	`getConsumers()`
`int`	`getIdentifier()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - name
```
protected String name
```
  - identifier
```
protected int identifier
```
    unique identifier of this dispatcher - cached hash of its text Name
  - consumers
```
protected Map<String,ConsumerProfile> consumers
```
    Map of consumers by their configured name.
- Constructor Detail
  - Dispatcher
```
protected Dispatcher(String name)
```
- Method Detail
  - getConsumers
```
public Collection getConsumers()
```
  - getIdentifier
```
public int getIdentifier()
```
    Returns:
    
    unique integer that identifies this Dispatcher configuration.
  - addConsumerProfile
```
public abstract void addConsumerProfile(ConsumerProfile cp)
                                 throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Add a consumer profile to the end of the list.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cp - the event consumer profile to add
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException
  - dispatch
```
public abstract void dispatch(Context ctx)
```
    Dispatch all events added to this Context according to configured consumers.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ctx - the execution context object