api/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rdf/event/GraphListener.java

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package org.apache.commons.rdf.event;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A class that is interested in graph events implements this interface and
 * is then added as listener to a <code>ListenableTripleCollection</code> or
 * one of its subclasses. When the <code>ListenableTripleCollection</code> is
 * modified, then the <code>GraphListener</code> is notified.
 *
 * @author mir
 */
public interface GraphListener {

    /**
     * This method is called when a <code>ListenableTripleCollection</code> was
     * modified, to which this <code>GraphListener</code> was added. A
     * <code>List</code> containing <code>GraphEvent</code>s are passed as
     * argument. The list contains all events in which a triple was part of
     * the modification that matched the <code>FilterTriple</code> which was passed
     * as argument when the listener was added.
     * @param events
     */
    public void graphChanged(List<GraphEvent> events);
}