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* Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Hazel Bilisim Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
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*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package com.hazelcast.core;
/**
* Concurrent, distributed, partitioned, observable collection.
*
* @param <E> item
*/
public interface ICollection<E> extends Instance {
/**
* Returns the name of this collection
*
* @return name of this collection
*/
String getName();
/**
* Adds an item listener for this collection. Listener will get notified
* for all collection add/remove events.
*
* @param listener item listener
* @param includeValue <tt>true</tt> updated item should be passed
* to the item listener, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
*/
void addItemListener(ItemListener<E> listener, boolean includeValue);
/**
* Removes the specified item listener.
* Returns silently if the specified listener is not added before.
*
* @param listener item listener for this collection
*/
void removeItemListener(ItemListener<E> listener);
}