SmartApplicationListener.java

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package org.springframework.context.event;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
import org.springframework.core.Ordered;

/**
 * Extended variant of the standard {@link ApplicationListener} interface,
 * exposing further metadata such as the supported event type.
 *
 * <p>Users are <bold>strongly advised</bold> to use the {@link GenericApplicationListener}
 * interface instead as it provides an improved detection of generics-based
 * event types.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 3.0
 * @see GenericApplicationListener
 */
public interface SmartApplicationListener extends ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent>, Ordered {

	/**
	 * Determine whether this listener actually supports the given event type.
	 */
	boolean supportsEventType(Class<? extends ApplicationEvent> eventType);

	/**
	 * Determine whether this listener actually supports the given source type.
	 */
	boolean supportsSourceType(Class<?> sourceType);

}