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## javax.portlet
Interface Event

    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
`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.

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