Interface AwaitingEventExecutor<E>

Type Parameters:
E - event type
All Superinterfaces:
EventHandler<E>
Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface public interface AwaitingEventExecutor<E> extends EventHandler<E>
An event handler that returns an EventTask to await on.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    default void
    execute(E event)
    Executes this handler synchronously with the given event.
    @Nullable EventTask
    executeAsync(E event)
    Executes this handler asynchronously with the given event.
  • Method Details

    • execute

      default void execute(E event)
      Description copied from interface: EventHandler
      Executes this handler synchronously with the given event.
      Specified by:
      execute in interface EventHandler<E>
      Parameters:
      event - the event to handle
    • executeAsync

      @Nullable EventTask executeAsync(E event)
      Description copied from interface: EventHandler
      Executes this handler asynchronously with the given event.

      If asynchronous handling is not implemented, the event is executed synchronously and this method returns null.

      Specified by:
      executeAsync in interface EventHandler<E>
      Parameters:
      event - the event to handle
      Returns:
      an EventTask representing the async task, or null if not async