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/*
JPAContainer
Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Oy Vaadin Ltd

This program is available under GNU Affero General Public License (version
3 or later at your option).

See the file licensing.txt distributed with this software for more
information about licensing.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see .
 */
package com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Event indicating that the contents of a {@link EntityProvider} has been changed (e.g.
 * entities have been added or removed).
 * 
 * @author Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface EntityProviderChangeEvent extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Gets the entity provider whose contents has been changed.
	 * 
	 * @return the entity manager (never null).
	 */
	public EntityProvider getEntityProvider();

	/**
	 * Gets the affected entities, if supported by the implementation. If entities
	 * have been modified, this collection may contain all modified entities,
	 * if entities have been added, this collection may contain all added entities,
	 * etc. If the number of changed entities is very large, e.g. due to a major change
	 * in the entire data source, the collection may be empty.
	 * 
	 * @return an unmodifiable collection of affected entities (never null, but
	 *         may be empty).
	 */
	public Collection getAffectedEntities();

	/**
	 * Event indicating that one or more entities have been added to the entity provider.
	 *
	 * @author Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	public interface EntitiesAddedEvent extends EntityProviderChangeEvent {
		// No additional methods
	}

	/**
	 * Event indicating that one or more entities have been updated in the entity provider.
	 *
	 * @author Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	public interface EntitiesUpdatedEvent extends EntityProviderChangeEvent {
		// No additional methods
	}

	/**
	 * Event indicating that one or more entities have been removed from the entity provider.
	 *
	 * @author Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	public interface EntitiesRemovedEvent extends EntityProviderChangeEvent {
		// No additional methods
	}
}