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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2003 Christian Cryder [christianc@granitepeaks.com]
3  *
4  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8  *
9  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13  *
14  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17  *
18  * $Id: EventDispatcher.java,v 1.7 2004/02/01 05:16:28 christianc Exp $
19  */
20 package org.enhydra.barracuda.core.event;
21
22 import java.io.*;
23 import java.util.*;
24
25 /**
26  * This interface defines the methods needed to implement an
27  * EventDispatcher
28  */
29 public interface EventDispatcher {
30
31     /**
32      * Dispatch a queue of events. The incoming queue must be an instance
33      * of DefaultDispatchQueue or an EventException will be thrown. This
34      * means that if you're going to provide a custom event broker, you
35      * may need to provide a custom dispatcher as well.
36      *
37      * @param eb the event broker to be used to match events to listeners
38      * @param context the event context containing event, queue, and, sometimes, http information
39      * @throws EventException
40      */
41     public void dispatchEvent(EventBroker eb, EventContext context) throws EventException;
42
43     /** @link dependency */
44     /*#DispatchQueue lnkDispatchQueue;*/
45 }
46
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