INotifyingList.java

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package net.enilink.komma.common.notify;

import java.util.List;

import javax.management.Notification;

/**
 * A managed list that dispatches feature change notification to a notifier.
 */
public interface INotifyingList<E> extends List<E> {
	/**
	 * Returns the notifier that manages this list.
	 * 
	 * @return the notifier of the list.
	 */
	public Object getNotifier();

	/**
	 * Returns the notifier's feature that this list represents.
	 * 
	 * @see Notification#getFeature
	 * @return the feature of the list.
	 */
	public Object getProperty();
}