All Superinterfaces:: AutoCloseable

All Known Implementing Classes:: RecordingStream

public interface EventStream
extends AutoCloseable

Represents a stream of events.

A stream is a sequence of events and the way to interact with a stream is to register actions. The EventStream interface is not to be implemented and future versions of the JDK may prevent this completely.

To receive a notification when an event arrives, register an action using the onEvent(Consumer) method. To filter the stream for an event with a specific name, use onEvent(String, Consumer) method.

By default, the same RecordedEvent object can be used to represent two or more distinct events. That object can be delivered multiple times to the same action as well as to other actions. To use an event object after the action is completed, the setReuse(boolean) method should be set to false so a new object is allocated for each event.

Events are delivered in batches. To receive a notification when a batch is complete, register an action using the onFlush(Runnable) method. This is an opportunity to aggregate or push data to external systems while the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is preparing the next batch.

Events within a batch are sorted chronologically by their end time. Well-ordering of events is only maintained for events available to the JVM at the point of flush, i.e. for the set of events delivered as a unit in a single batch. Events delivered in a batch could therefore be out-of-order compared to events delivered in a previous batch, but never out-of-order with events within the same batch. If ordering is not a concern, sorting can be disabled using the setOrdered(boolean) method.

To dispatch events to registered actions, the stream must be started. To start processing in the current thread, invoke the start() method. To process actions asynchronously in a separate thread, invoke the startAsync() method. To await completion of the stream, use the awaitTermination awaitTermination() or the awaitTermination(Duration) method.

When a stream ends it is automatically closed. To manually stop processing of events, close the stream by invoking the close() method. A stream can also be automatically closed in exceptional circumstances, for example if the JVM that is being monitored exits. To receive a notification in any of these occasions, use the onClose(Runnable) method to register an action.

If an unexpected exception occurs in an action, it is possible to catch the exception in an error handler. An error handler can be registered using the #onError(Runnable) method. If no error handler is registered, the default behavior is to print the exception and its backtrace to the standard error stream.

The following example shows how an EventStream can be used to listen to events on a JVM running Flight Recorder

 
 try (var es = EventStream.openRepository()) {
   es.onEvent("jdk.CPULoad", event -> {
     System.out.println("CPU Load " + event.getEndTime());
     System.out.println(" Machine total: " + 100 * event.getFloat("machineTotal") + "%");
     System.out.println(" JVM User: " + 100 * event.getFloat("jvmUser") + "%");
     System.out.println(" JVM System: " + 100 * event.getFloat("jvmSystem") + "%");
     System.out.println();
   });
   es.onEvent("jdk.GarbageCollection", event -> {
     System.out.println("Garbage collection: " + event.getLong("gcId"));
     System.out.println(" Cause: " + event.getString("cause"));
     System.out.println(" Total pause: " + event.getDuration("sumOfPauses"));
     System.out.println(" Longest pause: " + event.getDuration("longestPause"));
     System.out.println();
   });
   es.start();
 }

To start recording together with the stream, see RecordingStream.

Since:: 14

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`awaitTermination()`	Blocks until all actions are completed, or the stream is closed, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.
`void`	`awaitTermination(Duration timeout)`	Blocks until all actions are completed, or the stream is closed, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.
`void`	`close()`	Releases all resources associated with this stream.
`void`	`onClose(Runnable action)`	Registers an action to perform when the stream is closed.
`void`	`onError(Consumer<Throwable> action)`	Registers an action to perform if an exception occurs.
`void`	`onEvent(String eventName, Consumer<RecordedEvent> action)`	Registers an action to perform on all events matching a name.
`void`	`onEvent(Consumer<RecordedEvent> action)`	Registers an action to perform on all events in the stream.
`void`	`onFlush(Runnable action)`	Registers an action to perform after the stream has been flushed.
`static EventStream`	`openFile(Path file)`	Creates an event stream from a file.
`static EventStream`	`openRepository()`	Creates a stream from the repository of the current Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
`static EventStream`	`openRepository(Path directory)`	Creates an event stream from a disk repository.
`boolean`	`remove(Object action)`	Unregisters an action.
`void`	`setEndTime(Instant endTime)`	Specifies the end time of the stream.
`void`	`setOrdered(boolean ordered)`	Specifies that events arrives in chronological order, sorted by the time they were committed to the stream.
`void`	`setReuse(boolean reuse)`	Specifies that the event object in an `onEvent(Consumer)` action can be reused.
`void`	`setStartTime(Instant startTime)`	Specifies the start time of the stream.
`void`	`start()`	Start processing of actions.
`void`	`startAsync()`	Start asynchronous processing of actions.

Method Details
- openRepository
  
  static EventStream openRepository() throws IOException
  
  Creates a stream from the repository of the current Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
  By default, the stream starts with the next event flushed by Flight Recorder.
  
  Returns:
  
  an event stream, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if a stream can't be opened, or an I/O error occurs when trying to access the repository
  
  SecurityException - if a security manager exists and the caller does not have FlightRecorderPermission("accessFlightRecorder")
- openRepository
  
  static EventStream openRepository(Path directory) throws IOException
  
  Creates an event stream from a disk repository.
  By default, the stream starts with the next event flushed by Flight Recorder.
  
  Parameters:
  
  directory - location of the disk repository, not null
  
  Returns:
  
  an event stream, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if a stream can't be opened, or an I/O error occurs when trying to access the repository
  
  SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkRead method denies read access to the directory, or files in the directory.
- openFile
  
  static EventStream openFile(Path file) throws IOException
  
  Creates an event stream from a file.
  By default, the stream starts with the first event in the file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - location of the file, not null
  
  Returns:
  
  an event stream, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if the file can't be opened, or an I/O error occurs during reading
  
  SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkRead method denies read access to the file
- onEvent
  
  void onEvent(Consumer<RecordedEvent> action)
  
  Registers an action to perform on all events in the stream.
  
  Parameters:
  
  action - an action to perform on each RecordedEvent, not null
- onEvent
  
  void onEvent(String eventName, Consumer<RecordedEvent> action)
  
  Registers an action to perform on all events matching a name.
  
  Parameters:
  
  eventName - the name of the event, not null
  
  action - an action to perform on each RecordedEvent matching the event name, not null
- onFlush
  
  void onFlush(Runnable action)
  
  Registers an action to perform after the stream has been flushed.
  
  Parameters:
  
  action - an action to perform after the stream has been flushed, not null
- onError
  
  void onError(Consumer<Throwable> action)
  
  Registers an action to perform if an exception occurs.
  if an action is not registered, an exception stack trace is printed to standard error.
  Registering an action overrides the default behavior. If multiple actions have been registered, they are performed in the order of registration.
  If this method itself throws an exception, resulting behavior is undefined.
  
  Parameters:
  
  action - an action to perform if an exception occurs, not null
- onClose
  
  void onClose(Runnable action)
  
  Registers an action to perform when the stream is closed.
  If the stream is already closed, the action will be performed immediately in the current thread.
  
  Parameters:
  
  action - an action to perform after the stream is closed, not null
  
  See Also:
  
  close()
- close
  
  void close()
  
  Releases all resources associated with this stream.
  Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.
  
  Specified by:
  
  close in interface AutoCloseable
- remove
  
  boolean remove(Object action)
  
  Unregisters an action.
  If the action has been registered multiple times, all instances are unregistered.
  
  Parameters:
  
  action - the action to unregister, not null
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the action was unregistered, false otherwise
  
  See Also:
  
  onEvent(Consumer), onEvent(String, Consumer), onFlush(Runnable), onClose(Runnable), onError(Consumer)
- setReuse
  
  void setReuse(boolean reuse)
  
  Specifies that the event object in an onEvent(Consumer) action can be reused.
  If reuse is set to {@code true), an action should not keep a reference to the event object after the action has completed.
  
  Parameters:
  
  reuse - true if an event object can be reused, false otherwise
- setOrdered
  
  void setOrdered(boolean ordered)
  
  Specifies that events arrives in chronological order, sorted by the time they were committed to the stream.
  
  Parameters:
  
  ordered - if event objects arrive in chronological order to #onEvent(Consumer)
- setStartTime
  
  void setStartTime(Instant startTime)
  
  Specifies the start time of the stream.
  The start time must be set before starting the stream
  
  Parameters:
  
  startTime - the start time, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if the stream is already started
  
  See Also:
  
  start(), startAsync()
- setEndTime
  
  void setEndTime(Instant endTime)
  
  Specifies the end time of the stream.
  The end time must be set before starting the stream.
  At end time, the stream is closed.
  
  Parameters:
  
  endTime - the end time, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if the stream is already started
  
  See Also:
  
  start(), startAsync()
- start
  
  void start()
  
  Start processing of actions.
  Actions are performed in the current thread.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if the stream is already started or closed
- startAsync
  
  void startAsync()
  
  Start asynchronous processing of actions.
  Actions are performed in a single separate thread.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if the stream is already started or closed
- awaitTermination
  
  void awaitTermination(Duration timeout) throws InterruptedException
  
  Blocks until all actions are completed, or the stream is closed, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.
  
  Parameters:
  
  timeout - the maximum time to wait, not null
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if timeout is negative
  
  InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting
  
  See Also:
  
  start(), startAsync(), Thread.interrupt()
- awaitTermination
  
  void awaitTermination() throws InterruptedException
  
  Blocks until all actions are completed, or the stream is closed, or the current thread is interrupted, whichever happens first.
  
  Throws:
  
  InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting
  
  See Also:
  
  start(), startAsync(), Thread.interrupt()

Interface EventStream

Method Summary

Method Details