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DSpace/api/src/main/java/org/dspace/services/EventService.java

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/**
* $Id: EventService.java 3307 2008-11-19 16:28:28Z azeckoski $
* $URL: https://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace2/core/trunk/api/src/main/java/org/dspace/services/EventService.java $
* EventService.java - DSpace2 - Oct 9, 2008 2:12:48 PM - azeckoski
**************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2008 Aaron Zeckoski
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
*
* A copy of the Apache License has been included in this
* distribution and is available at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
*
* Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com) (aaronz @ vt.edu) (aaron @ caret.cam.ac.uk)
*/
package org.dspace.services;
import org.dspace.services.model.Event;
import org.dspace.services.model.EventListener;
/**
* Allows the creation of system events and registration of event listeners
* for notification of system events <br/>
* The service can be configured to log events or ignore certain events
*
* @author Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)
*/
public interface EventService {
/**
* Fires an event immediately (does not add it to the queue)
*
* @param event contains the data related to this event
*/
public void fireEvent(Event event);
/**
* Queues up an event to be fired at the end of a successful request/transaction
*
* @param event contains the data related to this event
*/
public void queueEvent(Event event);
/**
* Register an event listener which will be notified when events occur
*
* @param listener an implementation of the event listener
*/
public void registerEventListener(EventListener listener);
}