/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.adapter;
import com.espertech.esper.client.EPServiceProvider;
/**
* An Adapter takes some external data, converts it into events, and sends it
* into the runtime engine.
*/
public interface AdapterSPI {
/**
* An adapter takes an engine instance to process events.
*
* @param epService is the service instance for the adapter.
*/
public void setEPServiceProvider(EPServiceProvider epService);
/**
* Returns the engine instance.
*
* @return engine
*/
public EPServiceProvider getEPServiceProvider();
}