SmartApplicationListener (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.context.event

## Interface SmartApplicationListener

- All Superinterfaces:
    ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent>, EventListener, Ordered
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    GenericApplicationListenerAdapter, SourceFilteringListener

      public interface SmartApplicationListener
      extends ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent>, Ordered

  Extended variant of the standard `ApplicationListener` interface, exposing further metadata such as the supported event type.
  Since:
    3.0
  Author:
    Juergen Hoeller

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

      `HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `supportsEventType(Class<? extends ApplicationEvent> eventType)` Determine whether this listener actually supports the given event type.
    `boolean` | `supportsSourceType(Class<?> sourceType)` Determine whether this listener actually supports the given source type.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener

      `onApplicationEvent`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

      `getOrder`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### supportsEventType

          boolean supportsEventType(Class<? extends ApplicationEvent> eventType)

      Determine whether this listener actually supports the given event type.

    - #### supportsSourceType

          boolean supportsSourceType(Class<?> sourceType)

      Determine whether this listener actually supports the given source type.