Creating Custom Listeners In Java

Question

I was wondering how it would be possible to create my own listener for something, and to be able to use it just like any other listener, ex.

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Answer 1

Here is a short example:

    private static class Position {
    }

    private static class Ball {
        private ArrayList observers = new ArrayList();
        private Position ballPosition = new Position();

        public void registerObserver(FootballObserver observer) {
            observers.add(observer);
        }

        public void notifyListeners() {
            for(FootballObserver observer : observers) {
                observer.notify(ballPosition);
            }
        }

        public void doSomethingWithFootballPosition() {
            //bounce etc
            notifyListeners();
        }
    }

    private static interface FootballObserver {
        void notify(Position ball);
    }

    private static class Player implements FootballObserver {
        public void notify(Position ball) {
            System.out.println("received new ball position");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String... args) {
        FootballObserver player1 = new Player();
        Ball football = new Ball();
        football.registerObserver(player1);
        football.doSomethingWithFootballPosition();
    }