Are there any "best practices" in terms of registering for or firing custom events?
I notice that the GwtEvent subclasses in GWT 2.1.0.RC1 use a variety of strategies. Some events offer a static fire() method, some events offer a static register() method, and some events have neither option. In addition, some events have protected constructors while others have public constructors. Examples: 1) com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.ValueChangeEvent has a protected constructor and a static fire() method. 2) com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.RequestEvent has a public constructor and a static register() method. Additionally, the javadoc in EventBus suggests that "it is rare to call [addHandler(Type<H> type, H handler)] directly. More typically a GwtEvent subclass will provide a static register() method, or a widget will accept handlers directly." This suggests that, in contrast to GWT versions pre-dating 2.1.0.RC1, custom GwtEvent subclasses should provide a register() method, making the static GwtEvent.Type field private. Any recommendations on this? -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
