01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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: }
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