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016
017package com.google.common.eventbus;
018
019import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
020
021import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
022import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
023import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
024import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
025import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
026import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
027import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
028import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
029import com.google.common.collect.SetMultimap;
030import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
031import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException;
032
033import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
034import java.util.Collection;
035import java.util.LinkedList;
036import java.util.Map.Entry;
037import java.util.Queue;
038import java.util.Set;
039import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
040import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
041import java.util.logging.Level;
042import java.util.logging.Logger;
043
044/**
045 * Dispatches events to listeners, and provides ways for listeners to register
046 * themselves.
047 *
048 * <p>The EventBus allows publish-subscribe-style communication between
049 * components without requiring the components to explicitly register with one
050 * another (and thus be aware of each other).  It is designed exclusively to
051 * replace traditional Java in-process event distribution using explicit
052 * registration. It is <em>not</em> a general-purpose publish-subscribe system,
053 * nor is it intended for interprocess communication.
054 *
055 * <h2>Receiving Events</h2>
056 * <p>To receive events, an object should:
057 * <ol>
058 * <li>Expose a public method, known as the <i>event subscriber</i>, which accepts
059 *     a single argument of the type of event desired;</li>
060 * <li>Mark it with a {@link Subscribe} annotation;</li>
061 * <li>Pass itself to an EventBus instance's {@link #register(Object)} method.
062 *     </li>
063 * </ol>
064 *
065 * <h2>Posting Events</h2>
066 * <p>To post an event, simply provide the event object to the
067 * {@link #post(Object)} method.  The EventBus instance will determine the type
068 * of event and route it to all registered listeners.
069 *
070 * <p>Events are routed based on their type &mdash; an event will be delivered
071 * to any subscriber for any type to which the event is <em>assignable.</em>  This
072 * includes implemented interfaces, all superclasses, and all interfaces
073 * implemented by superclasses.
074 *
075 * <p>When {@code post} is called, all registered subscribers for an event are run
076 * in sequence, so subscribers should be reasonably quick.  If an event may trigger
077 * an extended process (such as a database load), spawn a thread or queue it for
078 * later.  (For a convenient way to do this, use an {@link AsyncEventBus}.)
079 *
080 * <h2>Subscriber Methods</h2>
081 * <p>Event subscriber methods must accept only one argument: the event.
082 *
083 * <p>Subscribers should not, in general, throw.  If they do, the EventBus will
084 * catch and log the exception.  This is rarely the right solution for error
085 * handling and should not be relied upon; it is intended solely to help find
086 * problems during development.
087 *
088 * <p>The EventBus guarantees that it will not call a subscriber method from
089 * multiple threads simultaneously, unless the method explicitly allows it by
090 * bearing the {@link AllowConcurrentEvents} annotation.  If this annotation is
091 * not present, subscriber methods need not worry about being reentrant, unless
092 * also called from outside the EventBus.
093 *
094 * <h2>Dead Events</h2>
095 * <p>If an event is posted, but no registered subscribers can accept it, it is
096 * considered "dead."  To give the system a second chance to handle dead events,
097 * they are wrapped in an instance of {@link DeadEvent} and reposted.
098 *
099 * <p>If a subscriber for a supertype of all events (such as Object) is registered,
100 * no event will ever be considered dead, and no DeadEvents will be generated.
101 * Accordingly, while DeadEvent extends {@link Object}, a subscriber registered to
102 * receive any Object will never receive a DeadEvent.
103 *
104 * <p>This class is safe for concurrent use.
105 * 
106 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
107 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/EventBusExplained">
108 * {@code EventBus}</a>.
109 *
110 * @author Cliff Biffle
111 * @since 10.0
112 */
113@Beta
114public class EventBus {
115
116  /**
117   * A thread-safe cache for flattenHierarchy(). The Class class is immutable. This cache is shared
118   * across all EventBus instances, which greatly improves performance if multiple such instances
119   * are created and objects of the same class are posted on all of them.
120   */
121  private static final LoadingCache<Class<?>, Set<Class<?>>> flattenHierarchyCache =
122      CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
123          .weakKeys()
124          .build(new CacheLoader<Class<?>, Set<Class<?>>>() {
125            @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"}) // safe cast
126            @Override
127            public Set<Class<?>> load(Class<?> concreteClass) {
128              return (Set) TypeToken.of(concreteClass).getTypes().rawTypes();
129            }
130          });
131
132  /**
133   * All registered event subscribers, indexed by event type.
134   *
135   * <p>This SetMultimap is NOT safe for concurrent use; all access should be
136   * made after acquiring a read or write lock via {@link #subscribersByTypeLock}.
137   */
138  private final SetMultimap<Class<?>, EventSubscriber> subscribersByType =
139      HashMultimap.create();
140  private final ReadWriteLock subscribersByTypeLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
141
142  /**
143   * Strategy for finding subscriber methods in registered objects.  Currently,
144   * only the {@link AnnotatedSubscriberFinder} is supported, but this is
145   * encapsulated for future expansion.
146   */
147  private final SubscriberFindingStrategy finder = new AnnotatedSubscriberFinder();
148
149  /** queues of events for the current thread to dispatch */
150  private final ThreadLocal<Queue<EventWithSubscriber>> eventsToDispatch =
151      new ThreadLocal<Queue<EventWithSubscriber>>() {
152    @Override protected Queue<EventWithSubscriber> initialValue() {
153      return new LinkedList<EventWithSubscriber>();
154    }
155  };
156
157  /** true if the current thread is currently dispatching an event */
158  private final ThreadLocal<Boolean> isDispatching =
159      new ThreadLocal<Boolean>() {
160    @Override protected Boolean initialValue() {
161      return false;
162    }
163  };
164
165  private SubscriberExceptionHandler subscriberExceptionHandler;
166
167  /**
168   * Creates a new EventBus named "default".
169   */
170  public EventBus() {
171    this("default");
172  }
173
174  /**
175   * Creates a new EventBus with the given {@code identifier}.
176   *
177   * @param identifier  a brief name for this bus, for logging purposes.  Should
178   *                    be a valid Java identifier.
179   */
180  public EventBus(String identifier) {
181    this(new LoggingSubscriberExceptionHandler(identifier));
182  }
183
184  /**
185   * Creates a new EventBus with the given {@link SubscriberExceptionHandler}.
186   * 
187   * @param subscriberExceptionHandler Handler for subscriber exceptions.
188   * @since 16.0
189   */
190  public EventBus(SubscriberExceptionHandler subscriberExceptionHandler) {
191    this.subscriberExceptionHandler = checkNotNull(subscriberExceptionHandler);
192  }
193
194  /**
195   * Registers all subscriber methods on {@code object} to receive events.
196   * Subscriber methods are selected and classified using this EventBus's
197   * {@link SubscriberFindingStrategy}; the default strategy is the
198   * {@link AnnotatedSubscriberFinder}.
199   *
200   * @param object  object whose subscriber methods should be registered.
201   */
202  public void register(Object object) {
203    Multimap<Class<?>, EventSubscriber> methodsInListener =
204        finder.findAllSubscribers(object);
205    subscribersByTypeLock.writeLock().lock();
206    try {
207      subscribersByType.putAll(methodsInListener);
208    } finally {
209      subscribersByTypeLock.writeLock().unlock();
210    }
211  }
212
213  /**
214   * Unregisters all subscriber methods on a registered {@code object}.
215   *
216   * @param object  object whose subscriber methods should be unregistered.
217   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object was not previously registered.
218   */
219  public void unregister(Object object) {
220    Multimap<Class<?>, EventSubscriber> methodsInListener = finder.findAllSubscribers(object);
221    for (Entry<Class<?>, Collection<EventSubscriber>> entry :
222          methodsInListener.asMap().entrySet()) {
223      Class<?> eventType = entry.getKey();
224      Collection<EventSubscriber> eventMethodsInListener = entry.getValue();
225
226      subscribersByTypeLock.writeLock().lock();
227      try {
228        Set<EventSubscriber> currentSubscribers = subscribersByType.get(eventType);
229        if (!currentSubscribers.containsAll(eventMethodsInListener)) {
230          throw new IllegalArgumentException(
231              "missing event subscriber for an annotated method. Is " + object + " registered?");
232        }
233        currentSubscribers.removeAll(eventMethodsInListener);
234      } finally {
235        subscribersByTypeLock.writeLock().unlock();
236      }
237    }
238  }
239
240  /**
241   * Posts an event to all registered subscribers.  This method will return
242   * successfully after the event has been posted to all subscribers, and
243   * regardless of any exceptions thrown by subscribers.
244   *
245   * <p>If no subscribers have been subscribed for {@code event}'s class, and
246   * {@code event} is not already a {@link DeadEvent}, it will be wrapped in a
247   * DeadEvent and reposted.
248   *
249   * @param event  event to post.
250   */
251  public void post(Object event) {
252    Set<Class<?>> dispatchTypes = flattenHierarchy(event.getClass());
253
254    boolean dispatched = false;
255    for (Class<?> eventType : dispatchTypes) {
256      subscribersByTypeLock.readLock().lock();
257      try {
258        Set<EventSubscriber> wrappers = subscribersByType.get(eventType);
259
260        if (!wrappers.isEmpty()) {
261          dispatched = true;
262          for (EventSubscriber wrapper : wrappers) {
263            enqueueEvent(event, wrapper);
264          }
265        }
266      } finally {
267        subscribersByTypeLock.readLock().unlock();
268      }
269    }
270
271    if (!dispatched && !(event instanceof DeadEvent)) {
272      post(new DeadEvent(this, event));
273    }
274
275    dispatchQueuedEvents();
276  }
277
278  /**
279   * Queue the {@code event} for dispatch during
280   * {@link #dispatchQueuedEvents()}. Events are queued in-order of occurrence
281   * so they can be dispatched in the same order.
282   */
283  void enqueueEvent(Object event, EventSubscriber subscriber) {
284    eventsToDispatch.get().offer(new EventWithSubscriber(event, subscriber));
285  }
286
287  /**
288   * Drain the queue of events to be dispatched. As the queue is being drained,
289   * new events may be posted to the end of the queue.
290   */
291  void dispatchQueuedEvents() {
292    // don't dispatch if we're already dispatching, that would allow reentrancy
293    // and out-of-order events. Instead, leave the events to be dispatched
294    // after the in-progress dispatch is complete.
295    if (isDispatching.get()) {
296      return;
297    }
298
299    isDispatching.set(true);
300    try {
301      Queue<EventWithSubscriber> events = eventsToDispatch.get();
302      EventWithSubscriber eventWithSubscriber;
303      while ((eventWithSubscriber = events.poll()) != null) {
304        dispatch(eventWithSubscriber.event, eventWithSubscriber.subscriber);
305      }
306    } finally {
307      isDispatching.remove();
308      eventsToDispatch.remove();
309    }
310  }
311
312  /**
313   * Dispatches {@code event} to the subscriber in {@code wrapper}.  This method
314   * is an appropriate override point for subclasses that wish to make
315   * event delivery asynchronous.
316   *
317   * @param event  event to dispatch.
318   * @param wrapper  wrapper that will call the subscriber.
319   */
320  void dispatch(Object event, EventSubscriber wrapper) {
321    try {
322      wrapper.handleEvent(event);
323    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
324      try {
325        subscriberExceptionHandler.handleException(
326            e.getCause(),
327            new SubscriberExceptionContext(
328                this,
329                event,
330                wrapper.getSubscriber(),
331                wrapper.getMethod()));
332      } catch (Throwable t) {
333        // If the exception handler throws, log it. There isn't much else to do!
334        Logger.getLogger(EventBus.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
335             String.format(
336            "Exception %s thrown while handling exception: %s", t,
337            e.getCause()),
338            t);
339      }
340    }
341  }
342
343  /**
344   * Flattens a class's type hierarchy into a set of Class objects.  The set
345   * will include all superclasses (transitively), and all interfaces
346   * implemented by these superclasses.
347   *
348   * @param concreteClass  class whose type hierarchy will be retrieved.
349   * @return {@code clazz}'s complete type hierarchy, flattened and uniqued.
350   */
351  @VisibleForTesting
352  Set<Class<?>> flattenHierarchy(Class<?> concreteClass) {
353    try {
354      return flattenHierarchyCache.getUnchecked(concreteClass);
355    } catch (UncheckedExecutionException e) {
356      throw Throwables.propagate(e.getCause());
357    }
358  }
359
360  /**
361   * Simple logging handler for subscriber exceptions.
362   */
363  private static final class LoggingSubscriberExceptionHandler
364      implements SubscriberExceptionHandler {
365
366    /**
367     * Logger for event dispatch failures.  Named by the fully-qualified name of
368     * this class, followed by the identifier provided at construction.
369     */
370    private final Logger logger;
371
372    /**
373     * @param identifier a brief name for this bus, for logging purposes. Should
374     *        be a valid Java identifier.
375     */
376    public LoggingSubscriberExceptionHandler(String identifier) {
377      logger = Logger.getLogger(
378          EventBus.class.getName() + "." + checkNotNull(identifier));
379    }
380
381    @Override
382    public void handleException(Throwable exception,
383        SubscriberExceptionContext context) {
384      logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not dispatch event: " 
385          + context.getSubscriber() + " to " + context.getSubscriberMethod(),
386          exception.getCause());
387    }
388  }
389
390  /** simple struct representing an event and it's subscriber */
391  static class EventWithSubscriber {
392    final Object event;
393    final EventSubscriber subscriber;
394    public EventWithSubscriber(Object event, EventSubscriber subscriber) {
395      this.event = checkNotNull(event);
396      this.subscriber = checkNotNull(subscriber);
397    }
398  }
399}