[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBPORTAL-1603) Way to multiplex events

[Andrew Oliver (JIRA)]

Way to multiplex events
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                 Key: JBPORTAL-1603
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1603
             Project: JBoss Portal
          Issue Type: Feature Request
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
    Affects Versions: 2.6 Final
            Reporter: Andrew Oliver


When using the portal API it becomes apparent rapidly that you need a way to both send an event and allow it to bubble as well as send events to multiple targets.  Even the example (http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/portal/trunk/core-samples/src/main/org/jboss/portal/core/samples/basic/event/PortletA.java) demonstrates this as the basic A portlet cannot maintain its own state in the radio button as well as send it to the B portlet (http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/portal/trunk/core-samples/src/main/org/jboss/portal/core/samples/basic/event/PortletB.java).  This will result in application-scope session parameters throughout which is a kind of anti-pattern but the only way it is workable.  The situation is made worse with two target portlets.  It is possible that this is addressed in JSR-268, but at the moment there doesn't appear to be a good JBP solution to this.

Ideally I could do something like return sendNewAndOld(origEvent, newEvents[]); this might also be a "..." style method.

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