/*
* Copyright (c) 2012. The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK
* MISO project contacts: Robert Davey, Mario Caccamo @ TGAC
* *********************************************************************
*
* This file is part of MISO.
*
* MISO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* MISO is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with MISO. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* *********************************************************************
*/
package uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.event;
/**
* Interface describing a service that responds to {@link Event}s. Typed to a particular {@link Event}, this enables
* a service manager to find responder services that can process that {@link Event} type, and generate a response accordingly.
* Typically this would be an {@link Alert}.
*
* @author Rob Davey
* @date 26/09/11
* @since 0.1.2
*/
public interface ResponderService<T extends Event> {
boolean respondsTo(T t);
void generateResponse(T t);
}