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package org.postgresql.driver;
/**
* This interface defines the public PostgreSQL extension for Notifications
*/
public interface PGNotification
{
/**
* Returns name of this notification
* @since 7.3
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the process id of the backend process making this notification
* @since 7.3
*/
public int getPID();
/**
* Returns additional information from the notifying process.
* This feature has only been implemented in server versions 9.0
* and later, so previous versions will always return an empty String.
*
* @since 8.0
*/
public String getParameter();
}