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JavaBean Listener Naming Rules?

 
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I'm reading a book that gives a list of "JavaBean Listener Naming Rules". I understand them all, but one makes me scratch my head. Here is the rule verbatim:

The type of listener to be added or removed must be passed as the argument to the method



Here is an example of that rule being correctly followed:

public void addMyListener(MyListener m)



Here is an example of that rule NOT being correctly followed:

public void addXYZListener(MyListener m)




What does that mean? Is this for user created listeners or for registering standard Java listeners which is what I assumed?
 
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Hi Paul,

That is a naming convention that applies to this type of JavaBean methods. Basically, addXYZListener() should be:
public void addXYZListener(XYZListener xyzl) (The name of the method contains the type of listener.)
The same applies for removeXYZListener().
 
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I think the same rules will apply also for Java API based listeners (I don't know about any of 'em). Please correct me if I am wrong.
 
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Must be for user created listeners.




 
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