/*
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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.esperio.csv;
/**
* A wrapper that packages an event up so that it can be
* sent into the caller-specified runtime. It also provides
* the scheduling information for this event (send time and
* schedule slot), so the user can send this event on schedule.
*/
public interface SendableEvent {
/**
* Send the event into the runtime.
*
* @param sender - the sender to send an event
*/
public void send(AbstractSender sender);
/**
* Get the send time of this event, relative to all the other events sent or read by the same entity
*
* @return timestamp
*/
public long getSendTime();
/**
* Get the schedule slot for the entity that created this event
*
* @return schedule slot
*/
public long getScheduleSlot();
}