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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared;

import com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventBus;
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventHandler;
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.GwtEvent;
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerRegistration;

/**
 * Abstract base class for an event announcing changes to an
 * {@link EntityProxy}.
 * <p>
 * Note that this event includes an unpopulated copy of the changed proxy
 * &mdash; all properties are undefined except it's id. That is, the event
 * includes only enough information for receivers to issue requests to get
 * themselves fresh copies of the proxy.
 * <p>
 * TODO: use ProxyId rather than an empty proxy
 *
 * @param <P> the type of the proxy
 */
public class EntityProxyChange<P extends EntityProxy> extends
    GwtEvent<EntityProxyChange.Handler<P>> {

  /**
   * Implemented by methods that handle EntityProxyChange events.
   *
   * @param <P> the proxy type
   */
  public interface Handler<P extends EntityProxy> extends EventHandler {
    /**
     * Called when an {@link EntityProxyChange} event is fired.
     *
     * @param event an {@link EntityProxyChange} instance
     */
    void onProxyChange(EntityProxyChange<P> event);
  }

  private static final Type<EntityProxyChange.Handler<?>> TYPE = new Type<EntityProxyChange.Handler<?>>();

  /**
   * Register a handler for a EntityProxyChange events for a particular proxy
   * class.
   *
   * @param eventBus the {@link EventBus}
   * @param proxyType a Class instance of type P
   * @param handler an {@link EntityProxyChange.Handler} instance of type P
   * @return an {@link EntityProxy} instance
   */
  public static <P extends EntityProxy> HandlerRegistration registerForProxyType(
      EventBus eventBus, Class<P> proxyType,
      EntityProxyChange.Handler<P> handler) {
    return eventBus.addHandlerToSource(TYPE, proxyType, handler);
  }

  private P proxy;

  private WriteOperation writeOperation;

  /**
   * Constructs an EntityProxyChange object.
   *
   * @param proxy an {@link EntityProxy} instance of type P
   * @param writeOperation a {@link WriteOperation} instance
   */
  public EntityProxyChange(P proxy, WriteOperation writeOperation) {
    this.proxy = proxy;
    this.writeOperation = writeOperation;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the type associated with this instance.
   *
   * @return an instance of {@link GwtEvent.Type} of type Handler&lt;P&gt
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
  @Override
  public GwtEvent.Type<Handler<P>> getAssociatedType() {
    /*
     * The instance knows its handler is of type P, but the TYPE field itself
     * does not, so we have to do an unsafe cast here.
     */

    return (Type) TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unpopulated copy of the changed proxy &mdash; all properties are
   * undefined except its id.
   *
   * @return an instance of {@link EntityProxyId}&lt;P&gt;
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public EntityProxyId<P> getProxyId() {
    return (EntityProxyId<P>) proxy.stableId();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@link WriteOperation} associated with this instance.
   *
   * @return a {@link WriteOperation} instance
   */
  public WriteOperation getWriteOperation() {
    return writeOperation;
  }

  @Override
  protected void dispatch(Handler<P> handler) {
    handler.onProxyChange(this);
  }
}