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Avoid cancelling events while using multiple event handlers with the same priority.
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As event handlers are ordered by priority, it is not defined which of them will be executed after the event has been consumed.
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## System Events
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To accommodate for special circumstances in an event distribution, system events have been introduced.
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At the moment, there are two system events, which are explained in this section.
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### Detecting Unhandled Events
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When an event is dispatched but not delivered to any handler, a dead event is dispatched that wraps the original event.
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You can declare a dead event handler to respond to this situation:
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```java
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private void onDeadEvent(DeadEvent deadEvent) { ... }
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```
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### Detecting Exceptions Thrown by Event Handlers
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When an event handler throws an exception, an exception event is dispatched that wraps the original event.
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A exception handler is declared as follows:
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```java
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private void onExceptionEvent(ExceptionEvent ExceptionEvent) { ... }
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```
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Both system events reference the event bus that caused them and a warning is logged if they are unhandled.
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### What About Endless Recursion Caused By Dead Events and Exception Events?
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As one might imagine, an unhandled dead event would theoretically lead to an endless recursion.
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The same applies when an exception event handler throws an exception.
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To avoid this, system events never cause system events and instead just issue a warning to the logger.
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## Installation
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Event Bus is available in Maven Central.
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if (event instanceof DeadEvent || event instanceof ExceptionEvent)
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// Warn about system event not being handled
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logger.log(Level.WARNING, event + " not handled", e);
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logger.log(Level.WARNING, event + " not handled due to exception", e);
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else
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// Dispatch exception event
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