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package org.apache.jackrabbit.api.observation;
import javax.jcr.observation.Event;
/**
* This is an extension of the event interface which provides
* a method to detect whether the changes happened on locally
* or remotely in a clustered environment.
*/
public interface JackrabbitEvent extends Event {
/**
* Return a flag indicating whether this is an externally generated event.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if this is an external event;
* <code>false</code> otherwise
*/
boolean isExternal();
}