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 * Copyright © 2020 camunda services GmbH ([email protected])
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package io.atomix.utils.event;

/** Abstraction of an of a time-stamped event pertaining to an arbitrary subject. */
public interface Event {

  /**
   * Returns the timestamp of when the event occurred, given in milliseconds since the start of
   * epoch.
   *
   * @return timestamp in milliseconds
   */
  long time();

  /**
   * Returns the type of the event.
   *
   * @return event type
   */
  T type();

  /**
   * Returns the subject of the event.
   *
   * @return subject to which this event pertains
   */
  S subject();
}