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package eu.aniketos.servicethreatmonitoring;

/**
 * ThreatEvent interface for the <b>Service Threat Monitoring Module</b>
 * 
 * @author Damien MORELLET (Thales)
 * 
 */
public interface IThreatEvent {

	/**
	 * This method receives an event from the Service Monitoring Module of the Environment and logs it.
	 * An alert is triggered if a threat is detected for that event type.
	 * 
	 * @param event The event to analyse
	 * 
	 * @return true if the rules have been executed correctly or false otherwise (but the event is always logged)
	 */
	public boolean processEvent(Event event);
	
	/**
	 * Invoke eu.aniketos.servicethreatmonitoring.IThreatEvent.processEvent(Event) instead
	 * 
	 * @see eu.aniketos.servicethreatmonitoring.Event
	 * @return true if the rules have been executed correctly or false otherwise (but the event is always logged)
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public boolean processEvent(String serviceID, String composingService, String serviceProvider, MonitoringSource monSource,
	 String counterMID, String eventType, String eventDesc, String eventDate, String eventTime);
}