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package org.opennms.netmgt.model.events;
import org.opennms.netmgt.xml.event.Event;
import org.opennms.netmgt.xml.event.Log;
/**
* This is the interface used to send events into the event subsystem - It is
* typically used by the poller framework plugins that perform service
* monitoring to send out appropriate events. Can also be used by capsd,
* discovery etc.
*
* @author <A HREF="mailto:sowmya@opennms.org">Sowmya Kumaraswamy </A>
*/
public interface EventProxy {
/**
* This method is called to send the event out
*
* @param event
* the event to be sent out
* @exception EventProxyException
* thrown if the send fails for any reason
* @throws org.opennms.netmgt.model.events.EventProxyException if any.
*/
public void send(Event event) throws EventProxyException;
/**
* This method is called to send an event log containing multiple events out
*
* @param eventLog
* the events to be sent out
* @exception EventProxyException
* thrown if the send fails for any reason
* @throws org.opennms.netmgt.model.events.EventProxyException if any.
*/
public void send(Log eventLog) throws EventProxyException;
}