def __getstate__(self):
state = {}
state['class'] = type(self.event)
source = self.event.source
if not IPickles.providedBy(source):
source = EventSource(source)
state['source'] = source
state['origin'] = self.event.origin
state['targets'] = self.event.targets
state['topics'] = self.event.topics
state['event'] = self.event.event
state['guid'] = self.event.GUID
state['portal']=self.event.portal
return state
