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 }
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