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public final class EventFactory extends Object
Class for defining an event at runtime.It's highly recommended that the event is defined at compile time, if the field layout is known, so the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) can optimize the code, possibly remove all instrumentation if Flight Recorder is inactive or if the enabled setting for this event is set to
false
.To define an event at compile time, see
Event
.The following example shows how to implement a dynamic
Event
class.List<ValueDescriptor> fields = new ArrayList<>(); List<AnnotationElement> messageAnnotations = Collections.singletonList(new AnnotationElement(Label.class, "Message")); fields.add(new ValueDescriptor(String.class, "message", messageAnnotations)); List<AnnotationElement> numberAnnotations = Collections.singletonList(new AnnotationElement(Label.class, "Number")); fields.add(new ValueDescriptor(int.class, "number", numberAnnotations)); String[] category = { "Example", "Getting Started" }; List<AnnotationElement> eventAnnotations = new ArrayList<>(); eventAnnotations.add(new AnnotationElement(Name.class, "com.example.HelloWorld")); eventAnnotations.add(new AnnotationElement(Label.class, "Hello World")); eventAnnotations.add(new AnnotationElement(Description.class, "Helps programmer getting started")); eventAnnotations.add(new AnnotationElement(Category.class, category)); EventFactory f = EventFactory.create(eventAnnotations, fields); Event event = f.newEvent(); event.set(0, "hello, world!"); event.set(1, 4711); event.commit();
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description static EventFactory
create(List<AnnotationElement> annotationElements, List<ValueDescriptor> fields)
Creates anEventFactory
object.EventType
getEventType()
Returns the event type that is associated with this event factory.Event
newEvent()
Instantiates an event, so it can be populated with data and written to the Flight Recorder system.void
register()
Registers an unregistered event.void
unregister()
Unregisters the event that is associated with this event factory.
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Method Detail
create
public static EventFactory create(List<AnnotationElement> annotationElements, List<ValueDescriptor> fields)
Creates anEventFactory
object.The order of the value descriptors specifies the index to use when setting event values.
- Parameters:
annotationElements
- list of annotation elements that describes the annotations on the event, notnull
fields
- list of descriptors that describes the fields of the event, notnull
- Returns:
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event factory, not
null
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if the input is not valid. For example, input might not be valid if the field type or name is not valid in the Java language or an annotation element references a type that can't be found.SecurityException
- if a security manager exists and the caller does not haveFlightRecorderPermission("registerEvent")
- See Also:
Event.set(int, Object)
newEvent
public Event newEvent()
Instantiates an event, so it can be populated with data and written to the Flight Recorder system.Use the
Event.set(int, Object)
method to set a value.- Returns:
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an event instance, not
null
getEventType
public EventType getEventType()
Returns the event type that is associated with this event factory.- Returns:
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event type that is associated with this event factory, not
null
- Throws:
IllegalStateException
- if the event factory is created with theRegistered(false)
annotation and the event class is not manually registered before the invocation of this method
register
public void register()
Registers an unregistered event.By default, the event class associated with this event factory is registered when the event factory is created, unless the event has the
Registered
annotation.A registered event class can write data to Flight Recorder and event metadata can be obtained by invoking
FlightRecorder.getEventTypes()
.If the event class associated with this event factory is already registered, the call to this method is ignored.
- Throws:
SecurityException
- if a security manager exists and the caller does not haveFlightRecorderPermission("registerEvent")
- See Also:
Registered
,FlightRecorder.register(Class)
unregister
public void unregister()
Unregisters the event that is associated with this event factory.A unregistered event class can't write data to Flight Recorder and event metadata can't be obtained by invoking
FlightRecorder.getEventTypes()
.If the event class associated with this event factory is not already registered, the call to this method is ignored.
- Throws:
SecurityException
- if a security manager exists and the caller does not haveFlightRecorderPermission("registerEvent")
- See Also:
Registered
,FlightRecorder.unregister(Class)
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