/*
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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. *
***************************************************************************************
*/
package com.espertech.esper.adapter;
/**
* Subscriptions are associated with an output adapter and dictate which events are sent to a given adapter.
*/
public interface Subscription {
/**
* Returns the subscription name.
*
* @return subscription name
*/
public String getSubscriptionName();
/**
* Sets the subscription name.
*
* @param name is the subscription name
*/
public void setSubscriptionName(String name);
/**
* Returns the type name of the event type we are looking for.
*
* @return event type name
*/
public String getEventTypeName();
/**
* Returns the output adapter this subscription is associated with.
*
* @return output adapter
*/
public OutputAdapter getAdapter();
/**
* Sets the output adapter this subscription is associated with.
*
* @param adapter to set
*/
public void registerAdapter(OutputAdapter adapter);
}