Event (Alpine 1.9.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChainableEvent, UnblockedEvent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChainableEvent, LdapSyncEvent, SingletonCapableEvent
```
public interface Event
```
The Event interface simply defines a 'type'. All Events should implement this interface.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Steve Springett

Method Summary

Static Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`dispatch(Event event)`	The dispath method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what `IEventService` implementation is used to process an event.
`static boolean`	`isEventBeingProcessed(ChainableEvent event)`	This method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what `IEventService` implementation is used to process an event.
`static boolean`	`isEventBeingProcessed(UUID chainIdentifier)`	This method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what `IEventService` implementation is used to process an event.

- Method Detail
  - dispatch
```
static void dispatch(Event event)
```
    The dispath method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what IEventService implementation is used to process an event. This method supports both EventService and SingleThreadedEventService and may send an event to zero or more of the event services if they have a subscriber capable of processing the event.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - the event to dispatch
    
    Since:
    
    1.2.0
  - isEventBeingProcessed
```
static boolean isEventBeingProcessed(ChainableEvent event)
```
    This method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what IEventService implementation is used to process an event. This method supports both EventService and SingleThreadedEventService.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - the event to query
    
    Returns:
    
    returns true if event is being processed, false if not
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0
  - isEventBeingProcessed
```
static boolean isEventBeingProcessed(UUID chainIdentifier)
```
    This method provides convenience in not having to know (or care) about what IEventService implementation is used to process an event. This method supports both EventService and SingleThreadedEventService.
    
    Parameters:
    
    chainIdentifier - the UUID of the event to query
    
    Returns:
    
    returns true if event is being processed, false if not
    
    Since:
    
    1.4.0