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package org.webharvest.events;

/**
 * Dispatches events to registered listeners. It allows publish-subscribe-style
 * communication between components without requiring the components to
 * explicitly register with one another (and thus be aware of each other). It is
 * not a general-purpose publish-subscribe system. However some of the
 * ancestors can provide capabilities for interprocess communication.
 *
 * @author Robert Bala
 * @since 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT
 * @version %I%, %G%
 * @see HarvesterEvent
 */
public interface EventSink {

    /**
     * Posts an event to all registered handlers. This method will return
     * successfully after the event has been posted to all handlers, and
     * regardless of any exceptions thrown by handlers.
     *
     * @param event
     *            event to post.
     */
    // FIXME rbala It is not a good idea to point directly to HarvestEvent
     void publish(E event);

}