source: trunk/EventBenchCore/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/data/Event.java @ 373

package de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.data;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.security.InvalidParameterException;

/**
 * <p>
 * Base class for all events. An event is described by its {@link #type} and its
 * {@link #target}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * @version 1.0
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            Can be used to declare that events belong to a specific platform
 *            without subclassing.
 */
public class Event<T> implements Serializable {

        /**
         * Id for object serialization.
         */
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        /**
         * <p>
         * Global start event that can be used to indicate the start of a sequence.
         * </p>
         */
        public static final Event<Object> STARTEVENT = new Event<Object>("START");

        /**
         * <p>
         * Global end event that can be used to indicate the end of a sequence.
         */
        public static final Event<Object> ENDEVENT = new Event<Object>("END");

        /**
         * <p>
         * Type of the event.
         * </p>
         */
        protected String type;

        /**
         * </p> Target of the event.
         */
        protected String target = null;

        /**
         * <p>
         * Short description of the event target.
         * </p>
         */
        protected String targetShort = null;

        /**
         * Further information about the event that shall be included in its Id.
         */
        protected String idInfo = "";

        /**
         * <p>
         * Constructor. Creates a new Event with a given type.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param type
         *            type of the event
         */
        public Event(String type) {
                if (type == null) {
                        throw new InvalidParameterException("Event type must not be null");
                }
                this.type = type;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Two events are equal, if their {@link #type} and {@link #target} are
         * equal.
         * </p>
         * <p>
         * See {@link Object#equals(Object)} for further information.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param other
         *            Event that is compared to this
         * @return true, if events are equal, false otherwise
         */
        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object other) {
                if (this == other) {
                        return true;
                }
                if (other instanceof Event<?>) {
                        Event<?> otherEvent = (Event<?>) other;
                        if (otherEvent.canEqual(this)) {
                                if (type != null) {
                                        return type.equals(otherEvent.type)
                                                        && targetEquals(otherEvent.target);
                                } else {
                                        return otherEvent.type == null
                                                        && targetEquals(otherEvent.target);
                                }
                        } else {
                                return false;
                        }
                } else {
                        return false;
                }
        }

        public boolean canEqual(Object other) {
                return (other instanceof Event<?>);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns {@link #getStandardId()} as String representation of the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return String represenation of the event
         */
        @Override
        public String toString() {
                return getStandardId();
        }

        /**
         * Informations about the event important for its Id that is neither target
         * nor type.
         * 
         * @return {@link #idInfo} of the event
         */
        public String getIdInfo() {
                return idInfo;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * If {@link #targetShort} is set, a shortend version of the Id is returned
         * of the form {@link #targetShort}.{@link #type}.{@link #idInfo} is
         * returned. Otherwise the standard Id is returned (see
         * {@link #getStandardId()}).
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return if available, shortend Id string; {@link #getStandardId()}
         *         otherwise
         */
        public String getShortId() {
                String shortId = null;
                if (targetShort != null) {
                        shortId = targetShort + "." + getType();
                        if (!"".equals(idInfo)) {
                                shortId += "." + idInfo;
                        }
                } else {
                        shortId = getStandardId();
                }
                return shortId;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns the Id string of the event. It has the form {@link #target}.
         * {@link #type}.{@link #idInfo};
         * <p>
         * 
         * @return Id string of the event
         */
        public String getStandardId() {
                String id = "";
                if (target != null) {
                        id += target + ".";
                }
                id += getType();
                if (!"".equals(idInfo)) {
                        id += "." + idInfo;
                }
                return id;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns the {@link #target} of the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return {@link #target} of the event
         */
        public String getTarget() {
                return target;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns the {@link #targetShort} of the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return {@link #targetShort} of the event
         */
        protected String getTargetShort() {
                return targetShort;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns the {@link #type} of the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return {@link #type} of the event
         */
        public String getType() {
                return type;
        }

        /*
         * (non-Javadoc)
         * 
         * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
         */
        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
                int multiplier = 17;
                int hash = 42;
                if (type != null) {
                        hash = multiplier * hash + type.hashCode();
                }
                if (target != null) {
                        hash = multiplier * hash + target.hashCode();
                }

                return hash;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Sets the {@link #idInfo} of the event. The idInfo is optional and
         * contains information important for the event's Id that is neither target
         * nor type.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param info
         *            {@link #idInfo} of the event
         */
        public void setIdInfo(String info) {
                idInfo = info;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Sets the target of the event. Once set, the target cannot be changed.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param target
         *            target of the event
         * @return true, if target was changed, false otherwise
         */
        public boolean setTarget(String target) {
                if (this.target != null) {
                        return false;
                }
                this.target = target;
                return true;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Sets the short description of the event target. Once set, the target
         * cannot be changed.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param targetShort
         *            short target description
         * @return true, if target was changed, false otherwise
         */
        public boolean setTargetShort(String targetShort) {
                if (this.targetShort != null) {
                        return false;
                }
                this.targetShort = targetShort;
                return true;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * This function is used by {@link #equals(Object)} to determine if the
         * targets of both events are equal. The standard implementation provided by
         * this class performs a String comparison between the target strings.
         * </p>
         * <p>
         * Subclasses can override this method to implemented more sophisticated
         * means for the target comparison, e.g., to account for changes in the
         * title of a widget.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param otherTarget
         * @return
         */
        protected boolean targetEquals(String otherTarget) {
                boolean retVal;
                if (target != null) {
                        retVal = target.equals(otherTarget);
                } else {
                        retVal = (otherTarget == null);
                }
                return retVal;
        }
}