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package org.apache.pluto.container;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.portlet.Event;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ferdy@informatik.uni-jena.de">Fred Thiele</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:chrisra@cs.uni-jena.de">Christian Raschka</a>
 *
 */
public interface EventProvider {

    Event createEvent(QName name, Serializable value)
    throws IllegalArgumentException;
}