package org.apache.helix.store;

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/**
 * Callback interface on property changes
 * @param <T>
 */
public interface PropertyChangeListener<T> {
  /**
   * Callback function when there is a change in any property that starts with key
   * It's upto the implementation to handle the following different cases 1) key
   * is a simple key and does not have any children. PropertyStore.getProperty(key) must
   * be used to retrieve the value; 2) key is a prefix and has children.
   * PropertyStore.getPropertyNames(key) must be used to retrieve all the children keys.
   * Its important to know that PropertyStore will not be able to provide the
   * delta[old value,new value] or which child was added/deleted. The
   * implementation must take care of the fact that there might be callback for
   * every child thats added/deleted. General way applications handle this is
   * keep a local cache of keys and compare against the latest keys.
   * @param key
   */
  void onPropertyChange(String key);
}