RemoteServiceEventListener.java

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package org.rioproject.event;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * The RemoteServiceListener interface is used to specify support
 * for clients that wish to participate in notification of
 * distributed events. Notification of events using this interface are done within the
 * JVM, remote invocation semantics are not implied by the use of this interface.
 *
 * @author Dennis Reedy
 */
public interface RemoteServiceEventListener <T extends RemoteServiceEvent> extends EventListener {
    /**
     * The notify method is invoked on a <code>RemoteServiceEventListener</code>
     * for {@link RemoteServiceEvent}s that the listener has registered
     * interest on.
     * <p>
     * The notification of RemoteServiceEvent objects is done
     * within a JVM, remote invocation semantics are not implied by the use
     * of this interface.
     * 
     * @param event A RemoteServiceEvent object
     */
    void notify(T event);
}