src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/trigger/DistributionTrigger.java

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package org.apache.sling.distribution.trigger;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;

/**
 * A {@link DistributionTrigger} is responsible to trigger
 * {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}s upon certain 'events' (e.g. Sling / Jcr events,
 * periodic pulling, etc.).
 * A {@link DistributionTrigger} is meant to be stateless so that more than one
 * {@link DistributionRequestHandler} can be registered into the same trigger.
 */
@ConsumerType
public interface DistributionTrigger {

    /**
     * register a request handler to be triggered and returns a corresponding registration id
     *
     * @param requestHandler handler
     * @throws DistributionTriggerException if registration fails
     */
    void register(@Nonnull DistributionRequestHandler requestHandler) throws DistributionTriggerException;

    /**
     * unregister the given handler, if existing
     *
     * @param requestHandler handler to unregister
     * @throws DistributionTriggerException if any error happen
     */
    void unregister(@Nonnull DistributionRequestHandler requestHandler) throws DistributionTriggerException;
}