Why not use class name as the TYPE of the event

Hi all,

A custom event needs to have a TYPE variable to denote the type of the event. For example:

public class LogoutEvent extends Event<LogoutEventHandler>

{

public static Type<LogoutEventHandler> TYPE = new Type<LogoutEventHandler>();

@Override

protected void dispatch(LogoutEventHandler handler)

{

handler.onLogout();

}

@Override

public com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.Event.Type<LogoutEventHandler> getAssociatedType()

{

return TYPE;

}

}

I am just curious about the need to have the TYPE field. Why GWT could not use the class name of the event(in this case LogoutEvent) to denote the type of the event. Only purpose I see of this type is to have it as a key in the map of events and their handlers. I think even the class name could have served as the key in this map.

Thanks

Ganesh

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