Utility class for listener handles.

Author: nicolaiparlog

src/main/java/org/codefx/libfx/listener/ListenerHandles.java

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+package org.codefx.libfx.listener;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for functionality surrounding {@link ListenerHandle}s.
+ */
+public class ListenerHandles {
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor so utility class is not instantiated.
+	 */
+	private ListenerHandles() {
+		// nothing to do
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a {@link ListenerHandleBuilder builder} for a generic {@link ListenerHandle}.
+	 *
+	 * @param <O>
+	 *            the type of the observable instance (e.g {@link javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue ObservableValue} or
+	 *            {@link javafx.collections.ObservableMap ObservableMap}) to which the listener will be added
+	 * @param <L>
+	 *            the type of the listener which will be added to the observable
+	 * @param observable
+	 *            the observable instance to which the {@code listener} will be added
+	 * @param listener
+	 *            the listener which will be added to the {@code observable}
+	 * @return a {@link ListenerHandleBuilder} for a {@code ListenerHandle}.
+	 */
+	public static <O, L> ListenerHandleBuilder<O, L> from(O observable, L listener) {
+		return ListenerHandleBuilder.from(observable, listener);
+	}
+
+}