Add a JFR Event

Process steps in order, do not skip ahead. Every JFR event in TamboUI follows the same five constraints (name, package, enabled(), commit(), polyfill) — the steps below enforce them.

Step 1 — Pick the Area and Thing

• Decide the JFR @Name as dev.tamboui.{area}.{thing} — {area} is the module concern (terminal, toolkit, css), {thing} is the operation in lowercase, dot- or hyphen-free (draw, route, focus.change is OK if it nests cleanly)
• Decide the Java class name as {Thing}Event in PascalCase (e.g., ToolkitFocusChangeEvent)
• The class name may end in Event; the JFR @Name must not include Event

Step 2 — Pick the Package

• Core events: dev.tamboui.jfr (in tamboui-core)
• Toolkit events: dev.tamboui.toolkit.jfr (in tamboui-toolkit)
• Other modules: create dev.tamboui.{module}.jfr if no JFR package exists yet, otherwise reuse the existing one

Step 3 — Define the Event Class

• Extend jdk.jfr.Event; annotate with @Name("dev.tamboui.{area}.{thing}"), @Label("Human Readable Label"), @Category({"TamboUI", "{Area}"}), and @Description("Short description.")
• Add typed payload fields with @Label annotations (e.g., @Label("Duration") public long durationNanos;)
• Mark the class public final — events are values, not extension points

Step 4 — Add the enabled() Static Method

• Add public static boolean enabled() { return EventTypeCache.isEnabled({ThingEvent}.class); } (or use whatever the rest of dev.tamboui.jfr already does — match the existing pattern)
• This method must be on the event class itself so callers can short-circuit before allocating; do not put it on a tracer interface

Step 5 — Add the commit(...) Static Helper

• Add a public static void commit({payload args}) { var e = new {ThingEvent}(); e.field = arg; ...; e.commit(); } helper
• Name it commit (matching the JDK convention) — not trace, not record
• Keep the helper minimal: create + populate + commit; no branching, no guards (the guard belongs at the call site, not here)

Step 6 — Wire the JFR Polyfill (Java 8 Modules Only)

• Open the owning module's build.gradle.kts and check the dependencies { ... } block
• If it does not already declare compileOnly(libs.jfr.polyfill), add it — without this the module fails to compile under Java 8 source level
• Do not change the runtime classpath; the polyfill is compileOnly deliberately

Step 7 — Update Callers to Use the Guard Pattern

• At every call site, write if ({ThingEvent}.enabled()) { {ThingEvent}.commit(...); } — both pieces are required, never one without the other
• Capture timestamps and build payloads inside the guard; an unguarded System.nanoTime() defeats the point

Step 8 — Document and Verify

• Add the new event name to the "JFR tracing" event list in the project README.md and to docs/src/docs/asciidoc/tracing.adoc
• Run ./gradlew -q :{module}:test to verify the module still builds and existing tests pass
• Run ./gradlew -q javadoc — TamboUI treats javadoc warnings as errors, and JFR annotations need full coverage
• If you can attach to a running app, verify the event surfaces in JFR with: jcmd {pid} JFR.start name=tamboui-test settings=profile duration=10s filename=test.jfr and inspect with jfr print — this is optional but recommended
• Finish here.