class Poco::XML::Event

Overview

The Event interface is used to provide contextual information about an event to the handler processing the event. More…

#include <Event.h>

class Event: public Poco::XML::DOMObject
{
public:
    // enums

    enum PhaseType;

    // methods

    const XMLString&
    type() const;

    EventTarget*
    target() const;

    EventTarget*
    currentTarget() const;

    PhaseType
    eventPhase() const;

    bool
    bubbles() const;

    bool
    cancelable() const;

    Poco::UInt64
    timeStamp() const;

    void
    stopPropagation();

    void
    preventDefault();

    void
    initEvent(
        const XMLString& eventType,
        bool canBubble,
        bool isCancelable
        );

    virtual
    void
    autoRelease();

protected:
    // construction

    Event(
        Document* pOwnerDocument,
        const XMLString& type
        );

    Event(
        Document* pOwnerDocument,
        const XMLString& type,
        EventTarget* pTarget,
        bool canBubble,
        bool isCancelable
        );

    // methods

    bool
    isCanceled() const;

    bool
    isStopped() const;

    void
    setTarget(EventTarget* pTarget);

    void
    setCurrentPhase(PhaseType phase);

    void
    setCurrentTarget(EventTarget* pTarget);
};

// direct descendants

class MutationEvent;

Inherited Members

public:
    // methods

    void
    duplicate() const;

    void
    release() const;

    virtual
    void
    autoRelease() = 0;

Detailed Documentation

The Event interface is used to provide contextual information about an event to the handler processing the event.

An object which implements the Event interface is generally passed as the first parameter to an event handler. More specific context information is passed to event handlers by deriving additional interfaces from Event which contain information directly relating to the type of event they accompany. These derived interfaces are also implemented by the object passed to the event listener.

Methods

const XMLString&
type() const

The name of the event (case-insensitive). The name must be an XML name.

EventTarget*
target() const

Used to indicate the EventTarget to which the event was originally dispatched.

EventTarget*
currentTarget() const

Used to indicate the EventTarget whose EventListeners are currently being processed.

This is particularly useful during capturing and bubbling.

PhaseType
eventPhase() const

Used to indicate which phase of event flow is currently being evaluated.

bool
bubbles() const

Used to indicate whether or not an event is a bubbling event.

If the event can bubble the value is true, else the value is false.

bool
cancelable() const

Used to indicate whether or not an event can have its default action prevented.

If the default action can be prevented the value is true, else the value is false.

Poco::UInt64
timeStamp() const

Used to specify the time (in milliseconds relative to the epoch) at which the event was created.

Due to the fact that some systems may not provide this information the value of timeStamp may be not available for all events. When not available, a value of 0 will be returned. Examples of epoch time are the time of the system start or 0:0:0 UTC 1st January 1970. This implementation always returns 0.

void
stopPropagation()

The stopPropagation method is used prevent further propagation of an event during event flow.

If this method is called by any EventListener the event will cease propagating through the tree. The event will complete dispatch to all listeners on the current EventTarget before event flow stops. This method may be used during any stage of event flow.

void
preventDefault()

If an event is cancelable, the preventDefault method is used to signify that the event is to be canceled, meaning any default action normally taken by the implementation as a result of the event will not occur.

If, during any stage of event flow, the preventDefault method is called the event is canceled. Any default action associated with the event will not occur. Calling this method for a non-cancelable event has no effect. Once preventDefault has been called it will remain in effect throughout the remainder of the event’s propagation. This method may be used during any stage of event flow.

void
initEvent(
    const XMLString& eventType,
    bool canBubble,
    bool isCancelable
    )

The initEvent method is used to initialize the value of an Event created through the DocumentEvent interface.

This method may only be called before the Event has been dispatched via the dispatchEvent method, though it may be called multiple times during that phase if necessary. If called multiple times the final invocation takes precedence. If called from a subclass of Event interface only the values specified in the initEvent method are modified, all other attributes are left unchanged.

virtual
void
autoRelease()

Adds the object to an appropriate AutoReleasePool, which is usually the AutoReleasePool managed by the Document to which this object belongs.

bool
isCanceled() const

returns true if and only if the event has been cancelled.

bool
isStopped() const

returns true if and only if propagation of the event has been stopped.

void
setTarget(EventTarget* pTarget)

sets the target

void
setCurrentPhase(PhaseType phase)

sets the current phase

void
setCurrentTarget(EventTarget* pTarget)

sets the current target