1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.context; 18 19 /** 20 * Interface that encapsulates event publication functionality. 21 * Serves as super-interface for ApplicationContext. 22 * 23 * @author Juergen Hoeller 24 * @since 1.1.1 25 * @see ApplicationContext 26 * @see ApplicationEventPublisherAware 27 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent 28 * @see org.springframework.context.event.EventPublicationInterceptor 29 */ 30 public interface ApplicationEventPublisher { 31 32 /** 33 * Notify all listeners registered with this application of an application 34 * event. Events may be framework events (such as RequestHandledEvent) 35 * or application-specific events. 36 * @param event the event to publish 37 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.RequestHandledEvent 38 */ 39 void publishEvent(ApplicationEvent event); 40 41 } 42