You can add or remove event listeners to/from the related object using the Hazelcast API.
The downside of attaching listeners using this API is the possibility of missing events between the creation of an object and registering the listener. To overcome this race condition, Hazelcast introduces registration of listeners in configuration. You can register listeners using declarative, programmatic, or Spring configuration.
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<listeners>
<listener>com.hazelcast.examples.MembershipListener</listener>
</listeners>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
config.addListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.MembershipListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:listeners>
<hz:listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyMembershipListener"/>
<hz:listener implementation="dummyMembershipListener"/>
</hz:listeners>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<listeners>
<listener>com.hazelcast.examples.DistributedObjectListener</listener>
</listeners>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
config.addListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.DistributedObjectListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:listeners>
<hz:listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyDistributedObjectListener"/>
<hz:listener implementation="dummyDistributedObjectListener"/>
</hz:listeners>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<listeners>
<listener>com.hazelcast.examples.MigrationListener</listener>
</listeners>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
config.addListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.MigrationListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:listeners>
<hz:listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyMigrationListener"/>
<hz:listener implementation="dummyMigrationListener"/>
</hz:listeners>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<listeners>
<listener>com.hazelcast.examples.LifecycleListener</listener>
</listeners>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
config.addListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.LifecycleListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:listeners>
<hz:listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyLifecycleListener"/>
<hz:listener implementation="dummyLifecycleListener"/>
</hz:listeners>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<map name="default">
...
<entry-listeners>
<entry-listener include-value="true" local="false">
com.hazelcast.examples.EntryListener
</entry-listener>
</entry-listeners>
</map>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
mapConfig.addEntryListenerConfig(
new EntryListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.EntryListener",
false, false ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:map name="default">
<hz:entry-listeners>
<hz:entry-listener include-value="true"
class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyEntryListener"/>
<hz:entry-listener implementation="dummyEntryListener" local="true"/>
</hz:entry-listeners>
</hz:map>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<multimap name="default">
<value-collection-type>SET</value-collection-type>
<entry-listeners>
<entry-listener include-value="true" local="false">
com.hazelcast.examples.EntryListener
</entry-listener>
</entry-listeners>
</multimap>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
multiMapConfig.addEntryListenerConfig(
new EntryListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.EntryListener",
false, false ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:multimap name="default" value-collection-type="LIST">
<hz:entry-listeners>
<hz:entry-listener include-value="true"
class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyEntryListener"/>
<hz:entry-listener implementation="dummyEntryListener" local="true"/>
</hz:entry-listeners>
</hz:multimap>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<queue name="default">
...
<item-listeners>
<item-listener include-value="true">
com.hazelcast.examples.ItemListener
</item-listener>
</item-listeners>
</queue>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
queueConfig.addItemListenerConfig(
new ItemListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.ItemListener", true ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:queue name="default" >
<hz:item-listeners>
<hz:item-listener include-value="true"
class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyItemListener"/>
</hz:item-listeners>
</hz:queue>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<topic name="default">
<message-listeners>
<message-listener>
com.hazelcast.examples.MessageListener
</message-listener>
</message-listeners>
</topic>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
topicConfig.addMessageListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.MessageListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:topic name="default">
<hz:message-listeners>
<hz:message-listener
class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyMessageListener"/>
</hz:message-listeners>
</hz:topic>
```
Declarative Configuration
```xml
<listeners>
<listener>com.hazelcast.examples.ClientListener</listener>
</listeners>
```
Programmatic Configuration
```java
topicConfig.addMessageListenerConfig(
new ListenerConfig( "com.hazelcast.examples.ClientListener" ) );
```
Spring XML configuration
```xml
<hz:listeners>
<hz:listener class-name="com.hazelcast.spring.DummyClientListener"/>
<hz:listener implementation="dummyClientListener"/>
</hz:listeners>
```