1 //======================================================================== 2 //$Id: EventProvider.java,v 1.1 2004/10/02 08:34:20 gregwilkins Exp $ 3 //Copyright 2004 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd. 4 //------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 //Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 //you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 //You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 //http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 //Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 //distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 //WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 12 //See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 13 //limitations under the License. 14 //======================================================================== 15 16 package org.mortbay.util; 17 18 import java.util.EventListener; 19 20 /** Source of EventObjects for registered EventListeners. 21 * the actual implementation of EventProvider must define what types of 22 * EventListeners can be registered. 23 * @author gregw 24 * 25 */ 26 public interface EventProvider 27 { 28 /** Register an EventListener 29 * @param listener 30 * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the EventListener type is not supported. 31 */ 32 public void addEventListener(EventListener listener) 33 throws IllegalArgumentException; 34 35 public void removeEventListener(EventListener listener); 36 37 } 38