org.springframework.context.event (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

# Package org.springframework.context.event

Support classes for application events, like standard context events.

See: Description

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  ApplicationEventMulticaster | Interface to be implemented by objects that can manage a number of `ApplicationListener` objects, and publish events to them.
  SmartApplicationListener | Extended variant of the standard `ApplicationListener` interface, exposing further metadata such as the supported event type.

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster | Abstract implementation of the `ApplicationEventMulticaster` interface, providing the basic listener registration facility.
  ApplicationContextEvent | Base class for events raised for an `ApplicationContext`.
  ContextClosedEvent | Event raised when an `ApplicationContext` gets closed.
  ContextRefreshedEvent | Event raised when an `ApplicationContext` gets initialized or refreshed.
  ContextStartedEvent | Event raised when an `ApplicationContext` gets started.
  ContextStoppedEvent | Event raised when an `ApplicationContext` gets stopped.
  EventPublicationInterceptor | `Interceptor` that publishes an `ApplicationEvent` to all `ApplicationListeners` registered with an `ApplicationEventPublisher` after each successful method invocation.
  GenericApplicationListenerAdapter | `SmartApplicationListener` adapter that determines supported event types through introspecting the generically declared type of the target listener.
  SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster | Simple implementation of the `ApplicationEventMulticaster` interface.
  SourceFilteringListener | `ApplicationListener` decorator that filters events from a specified event source, invoking its delegate listener for matching `ApplicationEvent` objects only.

## Package org.springframework.context.event Description

Support classes for application events, like standard context events. To be supported by all major application context implementations.