* This file is part of the Symfony package.
* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
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* file that was distributed with this source code.
* The EventDispatcherInterface is the central point of Symfony's event listener system.
* Listeners are registered on the manager and events are dispatched through the
* @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
interface Symfony_EventDispatcher_EventDispatcherInterface
* Dispatches an event to all registered listeners.
* @param string $eventName The name of the event to dispatch. The name of
* the event is the name of the method that is
* @param Symfony_EventDispatcher_Event $event The event to pass to the event handlers/listeners.
* If not supplied, an empty Event instance is created.
* @return Symfony_EventDispatcher_Event
public function dispatch($eventName, Symfony_EventDispatcher_Event $event = null);
* Adds an event listener that listens on the specified events.
* @param string $eventName The event to listen on
* @param callable $listener The listener
* @param int $priority The higher this value, the earlier an event
* listener will be triggered in the chain (defaults to 0)
public function addListener($eventName, $listener, $priority = 0);
* Adds an event subscriber.
* The subscriber is asked for all the events he is
* interested in and added as a listener for these events.
* @param Symfony_EventDispatcher_EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber The subscriber.
public function addSubscriber(Symfony_EventDispatcher_EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber);
* Removes an event listener from the specified events.
* @param string $eventName The event to remove a listener from
* @param callable $listener The listener to remove
public function removeListener($eventName, $listener);
* Removes an event subscriber.
* @param Symfony_EventDispatcher_EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber The subscriber
public function removeSubscriber(Symfony_EventDispatcher_EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber);
* Gets the listeners of a specific event or all listeners.
* @param string $eventName The name of the event
* @return array The event listeners for the specified event, or all event listeners by event name
public function getListeners($eventName = null);
* Checks whether an event has any registered listeners.
* @param string $eventName The name of the event
* @return bool true if the specified event has any listeners, false otherwise
public function hasListeners($eventName = null);