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Lightweight observable collections (used by VMF and VRL)
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package vjavax.observer.collection;

import java.util.Collection;
import vjavax.observer.Subscription;

/**
 * 
 * @param  element type of the collection
 * @param  observed collection type
 * @param  collection change type
 * 
 * @author Michael Hoffer ([email protected])
 */
public interface CollectionObservable, CC extends CollectionChange> {

    /**
     * Adds the specified listener to this list. The listener will be notified
     * about every modification made to this list.
     *
     * @param l listener to add
     * 
     * @return the listener that has been added to this observable
     */
    Subscription addChangeListener(CollectionChangeListener l);

    /**
     * Removes the specified listener from this list.
     *
     * @param l listener to remove
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if this listener is removed from this observable;
     * {@code false} otherwise (if the listener has already been removed from
     * this list)
     */
    boolean removeChangeListener(CollectionChangeListener l);
}