LookupListener.java

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package org.openide.util;

import java.util.*;

/** General listener for changes in lookup.
 *
 * @author  Jaroslav Tulach
 */
public interface LookupListener extends EventListener {
    /** A change in lookup occured. Please note that this method
     * should never block since it might be called from lookup implementation
     * internal threads. If you block here you are in risk that the thread
     * you wait for might in turn to wait for the lookup internal thread to 
     * finish its work.
     * @param ev event describing the change
     */
    public void resultChanged (LookupEvent ev);
}