Source for javax.management.NotificationEmitter

   1: /* NotificationEmitter.java -- Refined interface for broadcasters.
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  37: 
  38: package javax.management;
  39: 
  40: /**
  41:  * Represents a bean that can emit notifications when
  42:  * events occur.  Other beans can use this interface
  43:  * to add themselves to the list of recipients of such
  44:  * notifications.
  45:  *
  46:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  47:  * @since 1.5
  48:  */
  49: public interface NotificationEmitter
  50:   extends NotificationBroadcaster
  51: {
  52:   
  53:   /**
  54:    * Removes the specified listener from the list of recipients
  55:    * of notifications from this bean.  Only the first instance with
  56:    * the supplied filter and passback object is removed.
  57:    * <code>null</code> is used as a valid value for these parameters,
  58:    * rather than as a way to remove all registration instances for
  59:    * the specified listener; for this behaviour instead, see the details
  60:    * of the same method in {@link NotificationBroadcaster}.
  61:    *
  62:    * @param listener the listener to remove.
  63:    * @param filter the filter of the listener to remove.
  64:    * @param passback the passback object of the listener to remove.
  65:    * @throws ListenerNotFoundException if the specified listener
  66:    *                                   is not registered with this bean.
  67:    * @see #addNotificationListener(NotificationListener, NotificationFilter,
  68:    *                               java.lang.Object)
  69:    */
  70:   void removeNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener,
  71:                   NotificationFilter filter,
  72:                   Object passback)
  73:     throws ListenerNotFoundException;
  74: 
  75: }