EventSource.java

/**
 *
 * Copyright 2009-2010 Rickard Öberg AB
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package org.qi4j.library.eventsourcing.domain.source;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.qi4j.io.Input;
import org.qi4j.library.eventsourcing.domain.api.UnitOfWorkDomainEventsValue;

/**
 * An EventSource is a source of events. Events are grouped in the UnitOfWork in which they were created.
 */
public interface EventSource
{
    /**
     * Get list of UnitOfWorkDomainEventsValue after the given offset. To get the first set of events, use 0 as offset parameter to get events from the start.
     * <p/>
     *
     * @param offset where in the list of events to start
     * @param limit maximum number of events returned
     */
    Input<UnitOfWorkDomainEventsValue, IOException> events( long offset, long limit );

    long count();
}