The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Creating a Writer

The final step is to create a stream writer in the form of a new Character event:

Characters getNewCharactersEvent(Characters event) {
    if (event.getData().equalsIgnoreCase("Name1")) {
        return m_eventFactory.createCharacters(
            Calendar.getInstance().getTime().toString());
    }
    //else return the same event
    else {
        return event;
    }
}