1. 

  2. /*

  3.  * Copyright 2002-2004 the original author or authors.

  4.  * 

  5.  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  6.  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  7.  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  8.  * 

  9.  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  10.  * 

  11.  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  12.  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  13.  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  14.  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  15.  * limitations under the License.

  16.  */ 

  17. 

  18. package org.springframework.context;

  19. 

  20. import java.util.EventListener;

  21. 

  22. /**

  23.  * Interface to be implemented by application event listeners.

  24.  * Based on standard java.util base interface for Observer design pattern.

  25.  * @author Rod Johnson

  26.  */

  27. public interface ApplicationListener extends EventListener {

  28. 

  29. 	/**

  30. 	* Handle an application event

  31. 	* @param event the event to respond to

  32. 	*/

  33. 	void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEvent event);

  34. 

  35. }