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| = Glossary |
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| [[event]] |
| == Event |
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| It refers to the link:https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/refs/heads/master/java/com/google/gerrit/server/events/Event.java[com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event] |
| base abstract class representing any possible action that is generated or |
| received in a Gerrit instance. Actions can be associated with change set status |
| updates, project creations, indexing of changes, etc. |
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| [[event-broker]] |
| == Event broker |
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| Distributes Gerrit Events to listeners if they are allowed to see them. |
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| [[event-dispatcher]] |
| == Event dispatcher |
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| Interface for posting events to the Gerrit event system. Implemented by default |
| by link:https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/refs/heads/master/java/com/google/gerrit/server/events/EventBroker.java[com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventBroker]. |
| It can be implemented by plugins and allows to influence how events are managed. |
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| [[event-hierarchy]] |
| == Event hierarchy |
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| Hierarchy of events representing anything that can happen in Gerrit. |
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| [[event-listener]] |
| == Event listener |
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| API for listening to Gerrit events from plugins, without having any |
| visibility restrictions. |
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| [[stream-events]] |
| == Stream events |
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| Command that allows a user via CLI or a plugin to receive in a sequential way |
| some events that are generated in Gerrit. The consumption of the stream by default |
| is available via SSH connection. |
| However, plugins can provide an alternative implementation of the event |
| brokering by sending them over a reliable messaging queueing system (RabbitMQ) |
| or a pub-sub (Kafka). |
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