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017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.event;
018
019/**
020 * <p>
021 * Definition of a generic event listener interface.
022 * </p>
023 * <p>
024 * This event listener interface is used throughout the
025 * <em>Commons Configuration</em> library for reacting on all kinds of supported
026 * events. The interface is pretty minimalistic, defining only a single
027 * {@code onEvent()} method. This simplifies the implementation of custom event
028 * listeners and also supports the new language features introduced with Java 8
029 * ({@code EventListener} is a functional interface and thus can be represented
030 * by a Lambda expression).
031 * </p>
032 *
033 * @version $Id: EventListener.java 1624601 2014-09-12 18:04:36Z oheger $
034 * @since 2.0
035 * @param <T> the type of events this listener can process
036 */
037public interface EventListener<T extends Event>
038{
039    /**
040     * Notifies this event listener about the arrival of a new event. Typically,
041     * event listeners are registered at an event source providing an
042     * {@link EventType}. This event type acts as a filter; all events matched
043     * by the filter are passed to the listener. The type parameters defined by
044     * the {@code EventType} class and this interface guarantee that the events
045     * delivered to the handler are compatible with the concrete method
046     * signature of {@code onEvent()}.
047     *
048     * @param event the event
049     */
050    void onEvent(T event);
051}