4.9. Action event handling
The event model in WebSphere Portal is very similar to the traditional Java event model. When a portlet wishes to be notified that a user has performed an action, it simply implements the ActionListener correctly and the portal server will take care of calling the appropriate method when the event is generated. Unlike in the traditional Java event model, only the portlet generating the event may listen for that event. That is, there will always only be a single listener for any particular ActionEvent. In order to notify other portlets of an event, the listening portlet may choose to send messages. For more information about sending messages, see 4.10, “Attribute storage summary” on page 145.
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