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  2. Package org.xwiki.observation.event

File Event.java

 

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1    /*
2    * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
3    * information regarding copyright ownership.
4    *
5    * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6    * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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9    *
10    * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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14    *
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18    * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
19    */
20    package org.xwiki.observation.event;
21   
22    /**
23    * All Event types must implement this interface.
24    *
25    * @version $Id: 25fca8d31c8f10e4ba76edee766742e4c52ac310 $
26    */
 
27    public interface Event
28    {
29    /**
30    * Compares two events to see if they <em>match</em>, meaning that a listener that registered to receive
31    * notifications <em>like</em> <code>referenceEvent</code> will be notified of any occuring event for which
32    * <code>referenceEvent.matches(occuringEvent)</code> will return <code>true</code>. The matching algorithm depends
33    * on the event implementation. For example for Document events two events match if they implement the same event
34    * class and if their {@link org.xwiki.observation.event.filter.EventFilter} match. Note that the implementation is
35    * left open in order to cater for all the possible ways this Observation component can be used.
36    *
37    * @param otherEvent the occuring event matched against the current object
38    * @return <code>true</code> if the passed event matches this event, <code>false</code> otherwise.
39    */
40    boolean matches(Object otherEvent);
41    }