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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.eventbus; 016 017import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull; 018 019import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects; 020import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors; 021import java.lang.reflect.Method; 022import java.util.Iterator; 023import java.util.Locale; 024import java.util.concurrent.Executor; 025import java.util.logging.Level; 026import java.util.logging.Logger; 027 028/** 029 * Dispatches events to listeners, and provides ways for listeners to register themselves. 030 031 * 032 * <h2>Avoid EventBus</h2> 033 * 034 * <p><b>We recommend against using EventBus.</b> It was designed many years ago, and newer 035 * libraries offer better ways to decouple components and react to events. 036 * 037 * <p>To decouple components, we recommend a dependency-injection framework. For Android code, most 038 * apps use <a href="https://dagger.dev">Dagger</a>. For server code, common options include <a 039 * href="https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/Motivation">Guice</a> and <a 040 * href="https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/core.html#beans-introduction">Spring</a>. 041 * Frameworks typically offer a way to register multiple listeners independently and then request 042 * them together as a set (<a href="https://dagger.dev/dev-guide/multibindings">Dagger</a>, <a 043 * href="https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/Multibindings">Guice</a>, <a 044 * href="https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/core.html#beans-autowired-annotation">Spring</a>). 045 * 046 * <p>To react to events, we recommend a reactive-streams framework like <a 047 * href="https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava/wiki">RxJava</a> (supplemented with its <a 048 * href="https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxAndroid">RxAndroid</a> extension if you are building for 049 * Android) or <a href="https://projectreactor.io/">Project Reactor</a>. (For the basics of 050 * translating code from using an event bus to using a reactive-streams framework, see these two 051 * guides: <a href="https://blog.jkl.gg/implementing-an-event-bus-with-rxjava-rxbus/">1</a>, <a 052 * href="https://lorentzos.com/rxjava-as-event-bus-the-right-way-10a36bdd49ba">2</a>.) Some usages 053 * of EventBus may be better written using <a 054 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-guide.html">Kotlin coroutines</a>, including <a 055 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/flow.html">Flow</a> and <a 056 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/channels.html">Channels</a>. Yet other usages are better served 057 * by individual libraries that provide specialized support for particular use cases. 058 * 059 * <p>Disadvantages of EventBus include: 060 * 061 * <ul> 062 * <li>It makes the cross-references between producer and subscriber harder to find. This can 063 * complicate debugging, lead to unintentional reentrant calls, and force apps to eagerly 064 * initialize all possible subscribers at startup time. 065 * <li>It uses reflection in ways that break when code is processed by optimizers/minimizers like 066 * <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code">R8 and Proguard</a>. 067 * <li>It doesn't offer a way to wait for multiple events before taking action. For example, it 068 * doesn't offer a way to wait for multiple producers to all report that they're "ready," nor 069 * does it offer a way to batch multiple events from a single producer together. 070 * <li>It doesn't support backpressure and other features needed for resilience. 071 * <li>It doesn't provide much control of threading. 072 * <li>It doesn't offer much monitoring. 073 * <li>It doesn't propagate exceptions, so apps don't have a way to react to them. 074 * <li>It doesn't interoperate well with RxJava, coroutines, and other more commonly used 075 * alternatives. 076 * <li>It imposes requirements on the lifecycle of its subscribers. For example, if an event 077 * occurs between when one subscriber is removed and the next subscriber is added, the event 078 * is dropped. 079 * <li>Its performance is suboptimal, especially under Android. 080 * <li>It <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/1431">doesn't support parameterized 081 * types</a>. 082 * <li>With the introduction of lambdas in Java 8, EventBus went from less verbose than listeners 083 * to <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/3311">more verbose</a>. 084 * </ul> 085 * 086 087 * 088 * <h2>EventBus Summary</h2> 089 * 090 * <p>The EventBus allows publish-subscribe-style communication between components without requiring 091 * the components to explicitly register with one another (and thus be aware of each other). It is 092 * designed exclusively to replace traditional Java in-process event distribution using explicit 093 * registration. It is <em>not</em> a general-purpose publish-subscribe system, nor is it intended 094 * for interprocess communication. 095 * 096 * <h2>Receiving Events</h2> 097 * 098 * <p>To receive events, an object should: 099 * 100 * <ol> 101 * <li>Expose a public method, known as the <i>event subscriber</i>, which accepts a single 102 * argument of the type of event desired; 103 * <li>Mark it with a {@link Subscribe} annotation; 104 * <li>Pass itself to an EventBus instance's {@link #register(Object)} method. 105 * </ol> 106 * 107 * <h2>Posting Events</h2> 108 * 109 * <p>To post an event, simply provide the event object to the {@link #post(Object)} method. The 110 * EventBus instance will determine the type of event and route it to all registered listeners. 111 * 112 * <p>Events are routed based on their type — an event will be delivered to any subscriber for 113 * any type to which the event is <em>assignable.</em> This includes implemented interfaces, all 114 * superclasses, and all interfaces implemented by superclasses. 115 * 116 * <p>When {@code post} is called, all registered subscribers for an event are run in sequence, so 117 * subscribers should be reasonably quick. If an event may trigger an extended process (such as a 118 * database load), spawn a thread or queue it for later. (For a convenient way to do this, use an 119 * {@link AsyncEventBus}.) 120 * 121 * <h2>Subscriber Methods</h2> 122 * 123 * <p>Event subscriber methods must accept only one argument: the event. 124 * 125 * <p>Subscribers should not, in general, throw. If they do, the EventBus will catch and log the 126 * exception. This is rarely the right solution for error handling and should not be relied upon; it 127 * is intended solely to help find problems during development. 128 * 129 * <p>The EventBus guarantees that it will not call a subscriber method from multiple threads 130 * simultaneously, unless the method explicitly allows it by bearing the {@link 131 * AllowConcurrentEvents} annotation. If this annotation is not present, subscriber methods need not 132 * worry about being reentrant, unless also called from outside the EventBus. 133 * 134 * <h2>Dead Events</h2> 135 * 136 * <p>If an event is posted, but no registered subscribers can accept it, it is considered "dead." 137 * To give the system a second chance to handle dead events, they are wrapped in an instance of 138 * {@link DeadEvent} and reposted. 139 * 140 * <p>If a subscriber for a supertype of all events (such as Object) is registered, no event will 141 * ever be considered dead, and no DeadEvents will be generated. Accordingly, while DeadEvent 142 * extends {@link Object}, a subscriber registered to receive any Object will never receive a 143 * DeadEvent. 144 * 145 * <p>This class is safe for concurrent use. 146 * 147 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a 148 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/EventBusExplained">{@code EventBus}</a>. 149 * 150 * @author Cliff Biffle 151 * @since 10.0 152 */ 153@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault 154public class EventBus { 155 156 private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(EventBus.class.getName()); 157 158 private final String identifier; 159 private final Executor executor; 160 private final SubscriberExceptionHandler exceptionHandler; 161 162 private final SubscriberRegistry subscribers = new SubscriberRegistry(this); 163 private final Dispatcher dispatcher; 164 165 /** Creates a new EventBus named "default". */ 166 public EventBus() { 167 this("default"); 168 } 169 170 /** 171 * Creates a new EventBus with the given {@code identifier}. 172 * 173 * @param identifier a brief name for this bus, for logging purposes. Should be a valid Java 174 * identifier. 175 */ 176 public EventBus(String identifier) { 177 this( 178 identifier, 179 MoreExecutors.directExecutor(), 180 Dispatcher.perThreadDispatchQueue(), 181 LoggingHandler.INSTANCE); 182 } 183 184 /** 185 * Creates a new EventBus with the given {@link SubscriberExceptionHandler}. 186 * 187 * @param exceptionHandler Handler for subscriber exceptions. 188 * @since 16.0 189 */ 190 public EventBus(SubscriberExceptionHandler exceptionHandler) { 191 this( 192 "default", 193 MoreExecutors.directExecutor(), 194 Dispatcher.perThreadDispatchQueue(), 195 exceptionHandler); 196 } 197 198 EventBus( 199 String identifier, 200 Executor executor, 201 Dispatcher dispatcher, 202 SubscriberExceptionHandler exceptionHandler) { 203 this.identifier = checkNotNull(identifier); 204 this.executor = checkNotNull(executor); 205 this.dispatcher = checkNotNull(dispatcher); 206 this.exceptionHandler = checkNotNull(exceptionHandler); 207 } 208 209 /** 210 * Returns the identifier for this event bus. 211 * 212 * @since 19.0 213 */ 214 public final String identifier() { 215 return identifier; 216 } 217 218 /** Returns the default executor this event bus uses for dispatching events to subscribers. */ 219 final Executor executor() { 220 return executor; 221 } 222 223 /** Handles the given exception thrown by a subscriber with the given context. */ 224 void handleSubscriberException(Throwable e, SubscriberExceptionContext context) { 225 checkNotNull(e); 226 checkNotNull(context); 227 try { 228 exceptionHandler.handleException(e, context); 229 } catch (Throwable e2) { 230 // if the handler threw an exception... well, just log it 231 logger.log( 232 Level.SEVERE, 233 String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Exception %s thrown while handling exception: %s", e2, e), 234 e2); 235 } 236 } 237 238 /** 239 * Registers all subscriber methods on {@code object} to receive events. 240 * 241 * @param object object whose subscriber methods should be registered. 242 */ 243 public void register(Object object) { 244 subscribers.register(object); 245 } 246 247 /** 248 * Unregisters all subscriber methods on a registered {@code object}. 249 * 250 * @param object object whose subscriber methods should be unregistered. 251 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object was not previously registered. 252 */ 253 public void unregister(Object object) { 254 subscribers.unregister(object); 255 } 256 257 /** 258 * Posts an event to all registered subscribers. This method will return successfully after the 259 * event has been posted to all subscribers, and regardless of any exceptions thrown by 260 * subscribers. 261 * 262 * <p>If no subscribers have been subscribed for {@code event}'s class, and {@code event} is not 263 * already a {@link DeadEvent}, it will be wrapped in a DeadEvent and reposted. 264 * 265 * @param event event to post. 266 */ 267 public void post(Object event) { 268 Iterator<Subscriber> eventSubscribers = subscribers.getSubscribers(event); 269 if (eventSubscribers.hasNext()) { 270 dispatcher.dispatch(event, eventSubscribers); 271 } else if (!(event instanceof DeadEvent)) { 272 // the event had no subscribers and was not itself a DeadEvent 273 post(new DeadEvent(this, event)); 274 } 275 } 276 277 @Override 278 public String toString() { 279 return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this).addValue(identifier).toString(); 280 } 281 282 /** Simple logging handler for subscriber exceptions. */ 283 static final class LoggingHandler implements SubscriberExceptionHandler { 284 static final LoggingHandler INSTANCE = new LoggingHandler(); 285 286 @Override 287 public void handleException(Throwable exception, SubscriberExceptionContext context) { 288 Logger logger = logger(context); 289 if (logger.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE)) { 290 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message(context), exception); 291 } 292 } 293 294 private static Logger logger(SubscriberExceptionContext context) { 295 return Logger.getLogger(EventBus.class.getName() + "." + context.getEventBus().identifier()); 296 } 297 298 private static String message(SubscriberExceptionContext context) { 299 Method method = context.getSubscriberMethod(); 300 return "Exception thrown by subscriber method " 301 + method.getName() 302 + '(' 303 + method.getParameterTypes()[0].getName() 304 + ')' 305 + " on subscriber " 306 + context.getSubscriber() 307 + " when dispatching event: " 308 + context.getEvent(); 309 } 310 } 311}