Event (Portlet 4.0 API Specification)

```
public interface Event
```
The Event interface represents an event that the portlet has received in the event processing phase.
The Event interface encapsulates the event name and event payload, it does not represent the event object itself.
The portlet must define the events it is able to receive in the portlet deployment descriptor with the supported-processing-event.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

EventPortlet

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Get the local part of the event name.
`QName`	`getQName()`	Get the event QName.
`Serializable`	`getValue()`	Get the event payload.

- Method Detail
  - getQName
```
QName getQName()
```
    Get the event QName.
    
    Returns:
    
    the QName of the event, never null.
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Get the local part of the event name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the local part of the event, never null.
  - getValue
```
Serializable getValue()
```
    Get the event payload.
    
    Returns:
    
    event payload, must be serializable. May return null if this event has no payload.