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package org.jboss.cache.invalidation;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Every bridge subscribing to a InvalidationManager has access to this interface that
* it can used to invalidate messages on the local IM.
* @see InvalidationManagerMBean
* @see InvalidationBridgeListener
* @version $Revision: 81030 $
*
* <p><b>Revisions:</b>
*
* <p><b>21 septembre 2002 Sacha Labourey:</b>
* <ul>
* <li> First implementation </li>
* </ul>
*/
public interface BridgeInvalidationSubscription
{
/**
* Used to invalidate a single key in a given InvalidationGroup
* @param invalidationGroupName Name of the InvalidationGroup for which this invalidation is targeted
* @param key Key to be invalidated
*/
public void invalidate (String invalidationGroupName, Serializable key);
/**
* Invalidate a set of keys in a give InvalidationGRoup
* @param invalidationGroupName Name of the InvalidationGroup to which is targeted this invalidation
* @param keys Keys to be invalidated
*/
public void invalidate (String invalidationGroupName, Serializable[] keys);
/**
* Invalidate all the entries in the specified group
* @param groupName
*/
public void invalidateAll(String groupName);
/**
* Invalidates a set of keys in a set of InvalidationGroup. It is the responsability
* of the InvalidationManager to determine which IG are actually present i.e. the
* bridge may transmit BatchInvalidation for IG that are not present locally. The
* IM will simply ignore them.
* @param invalidations Invalidations to be performed on the local IM instance
*/
public void batchInvalidate (BatchInvalidation[] invalidations);
/**
* Unregister the current bridge form the InvalidationManager
*/
public void unregister ();
}