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package org.apache.tapestry.internal.services; | |
import org.apache.tapestry.internal.events.UpdateListener; | |
/** | |
* Manages a set of {@link org.apache.tapestry.internal.events.UpdateListener}s. Periodically (say, every request during | |
* development, or every minute or so during production), request processing is locked down so that only a single thread | |
* is active, and the active thread invokes {@link #fireUpdateEvent()}. Various services that are dependent on external | |
* resource files (such as classes or template files) can check to see if any file they've used has changed. If so, the | |
* service can invalidate its internal cache, or notify other services (typically via {@link | |
* org.apache.tapestry.internal.events.InvalidationListener} that they should do the same. | |
* | |
* @see org.apache.tapestry.internal.util.URLChangeTracker | |
*/ | |
public interface UpdateListenerHub | |
{ | |
void addUpdateListener(UpdateListener listener); | |
/** | |
* Invoked periodically to allow services to check if underlying state has changed. For example, a template file may | |
* have changed. Listeners will typically notify applicable listeners of their own (they usually implement {@link | |
* org.apache.tapestry.internal.event.InvalidationEventHub}) when such a change occurs. | |
*/ | |
void fireUpdateEvent(); | |
} |