/**
   * Notifies this instance that {@link #speechActivity} has identified a speaker switch event in
   * this multipoint conference and there is now a new dominant speaker.
   */
  private void dominantSpeakerChanged() {
    Endpoint dominantSpeaker = speechActivity.getDominantEndpoint();

    if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
      logger.trace(
          "The dominant speaker in conference "
              + getID()
              + " is now the endpoint "
              + ((dominantSpeaker == null) ? "(null)" : dominantSpeaker.getID())
              + ".");
    }

    if (dominantSpeaker != null) {
      broadcastMessageOnDataChannels(createDominantSpeakerEndpointChangeEvent(dominantSpeaker));

      if (isRecording() && (recorderEventHandler != null))
        recorderEventHandler.dominantSpeakerChanged(dominantSpeaker);
    }
  }