public synchronized EventData[] getEvents() {
        EventData[] ev_data = new EventData[events.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < events.size(); i++)
            ev_data[i] = events.get(i);
        events.clear();
        return ev_data;
    }
public synchronized EventData [ ] getEvents ( ) { EventData [ ] ev_data = new EventData [ events . size ( ) ] ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < events . size ( ) ; i ++ ) ev_data [ i ] = events . get ( i ) ; events . clear ( ) ; return ev_data ; }
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