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EventDispatcherInterface extends EventDispatcherInterface

The EventDispatcherInterface is the central point of Symfony's event listener system.

Listeners are registered on the manager and events are dispatched through the manager.

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Bernhard Schussek bschussek@gmail.com

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Methods

addListener()  : void
Adds an event listener that listens on the specified events.
addSubscriber()  : void
Adds an event subscriber.
dispatch()  : T
Dispatches an event to all registered listeners.
getListenerPriority()  : int|null
Gets the listener priority for a specific event.
getListeners()  : array<string|int, array<string|int, callable>|callable>
Gets the listeners of a specific event or all listeners sorted by descending priority.
hasListeners()  : bool
Checks whether an event has any registered listeners.
removeListener()  : void
Removes an event listener from the specified events.
removeSubscriber()  : void

Methods

addListener()

Adds an event listener that listens on the specified events.

public addListener(string $eventName, callable $listener[, int $priority = 0 ]) : void
Parameters
$eventName : string
$listener : callable
$priority : int = 0

The higher this value, the earlier an event listener will be triggered in the chain (defaults to 0)

dispatch()

Dispatches an event to all registered listeners.

public dispatch(T $event[, string|null $eventName = null ]) : T
Parameters
$event : T

The event to pass to the event handlers/listeners

$eventName : string|null = null

The name of the event to dispatch. If not supplied, the class of $event should be used instead.

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T of object

Return values
T

The passed $event MUST be returned

getListenerPriority()

Gets the listener priority for a specific event.

public getListenerPriority(string $eventName, callable $listener) : int|null

Returns null if the event or the listener does not exist.

Parameters
$eventName : string
$listener : callable
Return values
int|null

getListeners()

Gets the listeners of a specific event or all listeners sorted by descending priority.

public getListeners([string|null $eventName = null ]) : array<string|int, array<string|int, callable>|callable>
Parameters
$eventName : string|null = null
Return values
array<string|int, array<string|int, callable>|callable>

hasListeners()

Checks whether an event has any registered listeners.

public hasListeners([string|null $eventName = null ]) : bool
Parameters
$eventName : string|null = null
Return values
bool

removeListener()

Removes an event listener from the specified events.

public removeListener(string $eventName, callable $listener) : void
Parameters
$eventName : string
$listener : callable

        
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