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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Joseph P. Fernando, Woodinville, WA (US);
John M. Norwood, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A single object functions as a centralized monitoring point for events fired in a hierarchical object model. Objects within the hierarchy register with the event monitoring object when they are created. These objects then route their events to the event monitoring object. A listening object also registers with the event monitoring object to receive notification upon the occurrence of certain events within the hierarchy. A property of the event monitoring object corresponding to a particular class of object is parameterized with an identifier that designates the events to be sourced to the listening object The event monitoring object couples the listening object to a filter object that sources only events designated by the parameterized property. The event monitoring creates the filter objects as needed. A filter object can report events to more than one listening object if the listening objects register to be notified of the same events.