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1   /*
2    *  jDTAUS Core API
3    *  Copyright (C) 2005 Christian Schulte
4    *  <cs@schulte.it>
5    *
6    *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7    *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8    *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9    *  version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
10   *
11   *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14   *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
15   *
16   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17   *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18   *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
19   *
20   */
21  package org.jdtaus.core.lang;
22  
23  /**
24   * {@code ExceptionEventSource} is implemented by classes firing
25   * {@code ExceptionEvent}s.
26   * <p>Example: Listening to all jDTAUS Core SPI compliant implementations in the
27   * system<blockquote><pre>
28   * ExceptionEventSource source =
29   *     (ExceptionEventSource) ContainerFactory.getContainer().
30   *     getObject( ExceptionEventSource.class );
31   *
32   * source.addExceptionListener(<i>your application's listener</i>);
33   * </pre></blockquote></p>
34   *
35   * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
36   * @version $JDTAUS: ExceptionEventSource.java 8641 2012-09-27 06:45:17Z schulte $
37   */
38  public interface ExceptionEventSource
39  {
40      //--ExceptionEventSource----------------------------------------------------
41  
42      /**
43       * Adds an {@code ExceptionListener} to the listener list.
44       *
45       * @param listener The listener to be added to the listener list.
46       *
47       * @throws NullPointerException if {@code listener} is {@code null}.
48       */
49      void addExceptionListener( ExceptionListener listener );
50  
51      /**
52       * Removes a {@code ExceptionListener} from the listener list.
53       *
54       * @param listener The listener to be removed from the listener list.
55       *
56       * @throws NullPointerException if {@code listener} is {@code null}.
57       */
58      void removeExceptionListener( ExceptionListener listener );
59  
60      /**
61       * Gets all currently registered {@code ExceptionListener}s.
62       *
63       * @return all currently registered {@code ExceptionListener}s.
64       */
65      ExceptionListener[] getExceptionListeners();
66  
67      //----------------------------------------------------ExceptionEventSource--
68  }