bundles/org.eclipse.core.commands/src/org/eclipse/core/commands/AbstractState.java

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package org.eclipse.core.commands;

import org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.commands.util.Util;

/**
 * <p>
 * An abstract implementation of {@link IState} that provides good default
 * implementations for all of the methods. It is recommended that developers
 * extend this class, rather than implementing {@link IState} themselves.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Clients may extend this class.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong>. This class or interface has been added as
 * part of a work in progress. There is a guarantee neither that this API will
 * work nor that it will remain the same. Please do not use this API without
 * consulting with the Platform/UI team.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 3.2
 */
public abstract class AbstractState extends EventManager implements IState {

	/**
	 * The piece of state to store. This may be anything at all.
	 */
	private Object value;

	public final void addListener(final IStateListener listener) {
		addListenerObject(listener);
	}

	public void dispose() {
		// The default implementation does nothing.
	}

	/**
	 * Notifies listeners to this state that it has changed in some way.
	 * 
	 * @param oldValue
	 *            The old value; may be anything.
	 */
	protected final void fireStateChanged(final Object oldValue) {
		final Object[] listeners = getListeners();
		for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
			final IStateListener listener = (IStateListener) listeners[i];
			listener.handleStateChange(this, oldValue);
		}
	}

	public Object getValue() {
		return value;
	}

	public void setValue(final Object value) {
		if (!Util.equals(this.value, value)) {
			final Object oldValue = this.value;
			this.value = value;
			fireStateChanged(oldValue);
		}
	}

	public final void removeListener(final IStateListener listener) {
		removeListenerObject(listener);
	}
}