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package alma.acs.nc;

import gov.sandia.NotifyMonitoringExt.EventChannelFactory;

/**
 * Must be implemented by NC publishers and subscribers
 * in order to get a reconnect request from the NotifyService after a service restart.
 * <p>
 * Note that even in a push-push NC configuration there are still 
 * callbacks from the subscriber to the service and from the service to the supplier,
 * which partly explains why TAO extensions require an explicit reconnection
 * rather than relying on persistent object addresses.
 */
public interface ReconnectableParticipant {

	/**
	 * @param ecf The new EventChannelFactory reference as delivered by the NotifyService's callback.
	 */
	public void reconnect(EventChannelFactory ecf);
}