src/main/java/org/apache/sling/mom/Subscriber.java

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package org.apache.sling.mom;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 *
 * To implement a topic subscriber implement this interface, register it as an OSGi service and the TopicManager
 * which will implement a OSGi Whiteboard pattern will register it based on the values in the OSGi property "topics".
 * The component may optionally implement MessageFilter if it wants to separate filtering messages sooner.
 */
public interface Subscriber {

    /**
     * This is a String[] OSGi property containing the topic names this subscriber should subscribe to.
     */
    String TOPIC_NAMES_PROP = "topics";

    /**
     * Will be called with each message matching the filters the TopicListener is registered with.
     *
     * @param topic
     * @param message
     */
    void onMessage(Types.TopicName topic, Map<String, Object> message);


}