ApplicationEventPublisher是ApplicationContext的父接口之一。这接口的作用是:Interface that encapsulates event publication functionality.
功能就是发布事件,也就是把某个事件告诉的所有与这个事件相关的监听器。
这个接口只有两个方法(这两个是重载方法)。所以把整个接口的代码都贴上来。
/** * Interface that encapsulates event publication functionality. * Serves as super-interface for {@link ApplicationContext}. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @author Stephane Nicoll * @since 1.1.1 * @see ApplicationContext * @see ApplicationEventPublisherAware * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent * @see org.springframework.context.event.EventPublicationInterceptor */ public interface ApplicationEventPublisher { /** * Notify all <strong>matching</strong> listeners registered with this * application of an application event. Events may be framework events * (such as RequestHandledEvent) or application-specific events. * @param event the event to publish * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.RequestHandledEvent
*/ void publishEvent(ApplicationEvent event); /** * Notify all <strong>matching</strong> listeners registered with this * application of an event. * <p>If the specified {@code event} is not an {@link ApplicationEvent}, * it is wrapped in a {@link PayloadApplicationEvent}. * @param event the event to publish * @since 4.2 * @see PayloadApplicationEvent */ void publishEvent(Object event); }
这个方法会通知的所有与事件相匹配的监听器。这些监听可能是spring框架的监听器,也有可能是特定的监听器。