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* Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
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*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package org.exoplatform.commons.chromattic;
import org.chromattic.api.ChromatticSession;
/**
* The contract for integration between client of a chromattic session and the session management system. Attachments are useful
* to associated an arbitrary payload with the session context.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface SessionContext {
/**
* Returns the managed chromattic session.
*
* @return the session
*/
ChromatticSession getSession();
/**
* Returns an attachment of this context.
*
* @param name the attachment name
* @return the attached object
*/
Object getAttachment(String name);
/**
* Sets an attachment on this context.
*
* @param name the attachment name
* @param payload the attachment payload
*/
void setAttachment(String name, Object payload);
/**
* Registers a synchronization listener.
*
* @param listener the listener
*/
void addSynchronizationListener(SynchronizationListener listener);
}