BaseDelegateEventListener.java

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package org.activiti.engine.impl.bpmn.helper;

import org.activiti.engine.delegate.event.ActivitiEntityEvent;
import org.activiti.engine.delegate.event.ActivitiEvent;
import org.activiti.engine.delegate.event.ActivitiEventListener;

/**
 * Base implementation of a {@link ActivitiEventListener}, used when creating event-listeners
 * that are part of a BPMN definition.
 * 
 * @author Frederik Heremans
 */
public abstract class BaseDelegateEventListener implements ActivitiEventListener {

	protected Class<?> entityClass;
	
	public void setEntityClass(Class<?> entityClass) {
	  this.entityClass = entityClass;
  }
	
	protected boolean isValidEvent(ActivitiEvent event) {
		boolean valid = false;
	  if(entityClass != null) {
	  	if(event instanceof ActivitiEntityEvent) {
	  		Object entity = ((ActivitiEntityEvent) event).getEntity();
	  		if(entity != null) {
	  			valid = entityClass.isAssignableFrom(entity.getClass());
	  		}
	  	}
	  } else {
	  	// If no class is specified, all events are valid
	  	valid = true;
	  }
	  return valid;
  }
	
}