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/* Title: Pure/System/event_bus.scala
Author: Makarius
Generic event bus with multiple receiving actors.
*/
package isabelle
import scala.actors.Actor, Actor._
import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
class Event_Bus[Event]
{
/* receivers */
private val receivers = new ListBuffer[Actor]
def += (r: Actor) { synchronized { receivers += r } }
def + (r: Actor): Event_Bus[Event] = { this += r; this }
def += (f: Event => Unit) {
this += actor { loop { react { case x => f(x.asInstanceOf[Event]) } } }
}
def + (f: Event => Unit): Event_Bus[Event] = { this += f; this }
def -= (r: Actor) { synchronized { receivers -= r } }
def - (r: Actor) = { this -= r; this }
/* event invocation */
def event(x: Event) { synchronized { receivers.foreach(_ ! x) } }
}