Added in API level 3

Summary: Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

PropertyChangeSupport

public class PropertyChangeSupport
extends Object implements Serializable

java.lang.Object
↳	java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport

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This is a utility class that can be used by beans that support bound properties. It manages a list of listeners and dispatches PropertyChangeEvents to them. You can use an instance of this class as a member field of your bean and delegate these types of work to it. The PropertyChangeListener can be registered for all properties or for a property specified by name.

Here is an example of PropertyChangeSupport usage that follows the rules and recommendations laid out in the JavaBeans™ specification:

 public class MyBean {
     private final PropertyChangeSupport pcs = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);

     public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
         this.pcs.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
     }

     public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) {
         this.pcs.removePropertyChangeListener(listener);
     }

     private String value;

     public String getValue() {
         return this.value;
     }

     public void setValue(String newValue) {
         String oldValue = this.value;
         this.value = newValue;
         this.pcs.firePropertyChange("value", oldValue, newValue);
     }

     [...]
 }
 

A PropertyChangeSupport instance is thread-safe.

This class is serializable. When it is serialized it will save (and restore) any listeners that are themselves serializable. Any non-serializable listeners will be skipped during serialization.

Summary

Public constructors
PropertyChangeSupport(Object sourceBean) Constructs a PropertyChangeSupport object.

Public methods
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
void	addPropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener) Add a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
void	fireIndexedPropertyChange(String propertyName, int index, boolean oldValue, boolean newValue) Reports a boolean bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	fireIndexedPropertyChange(String propertyName, int index, int oldValue, int newValue) Reports an integer bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	fireIndexedPropertyChange(String propertyName, int index, Object oldValue, Object newValue) Reports a bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue) Reports a bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent event) Fires a property change event to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, boolean oldValue, boolean newValue) Reports a boolean bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
void	firePropertyChange(String propertyName, int oldValue, int newValue) Reports an integer bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.
PropertyChangeListener[]	getPropertyChangeListeners(String propertyName) Returns an array of all the listeners which have been associated with the named property.
PropertyChangeListener[]	getPropertyChangeListeners() Returns an array of all the listeners that were added to the PropertyChangeSupport object with addPropertyChangeListener().
boolean	hasListeners(String propertyName) Check if there are any listeners for a specific property, including those registered on all properties.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(String propertyName, PropertyChangeListener listener) Remove a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Remove a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeoutMillis) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

PropertyChangeSupport

Added in API level 3

public PropertyChangeSupport (Object sourceBean)

Constructs a PropertyChangeSupport object.

Parameters
sourceBean	Object: The bean to be given as the source for any events.

Public methods

addPropertyChangeListener

Added in API level 3

public void addPropertyChangeListener (PropertyChangeListener listener)

Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all properties. The same listener object may be added more than once, and will be called as many times as it is added. If listener is null, no exception is thrown and no action is taken.

Parameters
listener	PropertyChangeListener: The PropertyChangeListener to be added

addPropertyChangeListener

Added in API level 3

public void addPropertyChangeListener (String propertyName, 
                PropertyChangeListener listener)

Add a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property. The listener will be invoked only when a call on firePropertyChange names that specific property. The same listener object may be added more than once. For each property, the listener will be invoked the number of times it was added for that property. If propertyName or listener is null, no exception is thrown and no action is taken.

Parameters
propertyName	String: The name of the property to listen on.
listener	PropertyChangeListener: The PropertyChangeListener to be added

fireIndexedPropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void fireIndexedPropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                int index, 
                boolean oldValue, 
                boolean newValue)

Reports a boolean bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general fireIndexedPropertyChange(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
index	int: the index of the property element that was changed
oldValue	boolean: the old value of the property
newValue	boolean: the new value of the property

fireIndexedPropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void fireIndexedPropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                int index, 
                int oldValue, 
                int newValue)

Reports an integer bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general fireIndexedPropertyChange(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
index	int: the index of the property element that was changed
oldValue	int: the old value of the property
newValue	int: the new value of the property

fireIndexedPropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void fireIndexedPropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                int index, 
                Object oldValue, 
                Object newValue)

Reports a bound indexed property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal and non-null.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general firePropertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
index	int: the index of the property element that was changed
oldValue	Object: the old value of the property
newValue	Object: the new value of the property

firePropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void firePropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                Object oldValue, 
                Object newValue)

Reports a bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal and non-null.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general firePropertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
oldValue	Object: the old value of the property
newValue	Object: the new value of the property

firePropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void firePropertyChange (PropertyChangeEvent event)

Fires a property change event to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if the given event's old and new values are equal and non-null.

Parameters
event	PropertyChangeEvent: the PropertyChangeEvent to be fired

firePropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void firePropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                boolean oldValue, 
                boolean newValue)

Reports a boolean bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general firePropertyChange(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
oldValue	boolean: the old value of the property
newValue	boolean: the new value of the property

firePropertyChange

Added in API level 3

public void firePropertyChange (String propertyName, 
                int oldValue, 
                int newValue)

Reports an integer bound property update to listeners that have been registered to track updates of all properties or a property with the specified name.

No event is fired if old and new values are equal.

This is merely a convenience wrapper around the more general firePropertyChange(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the programmatic name of the property that was changed
oldValue	int: the old value of the property
newValue	int: the new value of the property

getPropertyChangeListeners

Added in API level 3

public PropertyChangeListener[] getPropertyChangeListeners (String propertyName)

Returns an array of all the listeners which have been associated with the named property.

Parameters
propertyName	String: The name of the property being listened to

Returns
PropertyChangeListener[]	all of the PropertyChangeListeners associated with the named property. If no such listeners have been added, or if propertyName is null, an empty array is returned.

getPropertyChangeListeners

Added in API level 3

public PropertyChangeListener[] getPropertyChangeListeners ()

Returns an array of all the listeners that were added to the PropertyChangeSupport object with addPropertyChangeListener().

If some listeners have been added with a named property, then the returned array will be a mixture of PropertyChangeListeners and PropertyChangeListenerProxys. If the calling method is interested in distinguishing the listeners then it must test each element to see if it's a PropertyChangeListenerProxy, perform the cast, and examine the parameter.

PropertyChangeListener[] listeners = bean.getPropertyChangeListeners();
 for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
   if (listeners[i] instanceof PropertyChangeListenerProxy) {
     PropertyChangeListenerProxy proxy =
                    (PropertyChangeListenerProxy)listeners[i];
     if (proxy.getPropertyName().equals("foo")) {
       // proxy is a PropertyChangeListener which was associated
       // with the property named "foo"
     }
   }
 }
 

Returns
PropertyChangeListener[]	all of the PropertyChangeListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been added

See also:

• PropertyChangeListenerProxy

hasListeners

Added in API level 3

public boolean hasListeners (String propertyName)

Check if there are any listeners for a specific property, including those registered on all properties. If propertyName is null, only check for listeners registered on all properties.

Parameters
propertyName	String: the property name.

Returns
boolean	true if there are one or more listeners for the given property

removePropertyChangeListener

Added in API level 3

public void removePropertyChangeListener (String propertyName, 
                PropertyChangeListener listener)

Remove a PropertyChangeListener for a specific property. If listener was added more than once to the same event source for the specified property, it will be notified one less time after being removed. If propertyName is null, no exception is thrown and no action is taken. If listener is null, or was never added for the specified property, no exception is thrown and no action is taken.

Parameters
propertyName	String: The name of the property that was listened on.
listener	PropertyChangeListener: The PropertyChangeListener to be removed

removePropertyChangeListener

Added in API level 3

public void removePropertyChangeListener (PropertyChangeListener listener)

Remove a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list. This removes a PropertyChangeListener that was registered for all properties. If listener was added more than once to the same event source, it will be notified one less time after being removed. If listener is null, or was never added, no exception is thrown and no action is taken.

Parameters
listener	PropertyChangeListener: The PropertyChangeListener to be removed