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Artifact for event handling purposes according to the observer (observable) pattern.

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package org.refcodes.observer;

import java.util.Observable;
import java.util.Observer;

/**
 * An {@link MetaDataActionEvent} is published by an {@link Observable} and is
 * consumed by zero to many {@link Observer} instances. The
 * {@link MetaDataActionEvent} object describes what the {@link Observable} is
 * publishing in more detail than a plain {@link ActionEvent}.
 * 
 * An {@link MetaDataActionEvent} provides meta-data describing the
 * {@link ActionEvent} in more detail and a source being the origin of the
 * {@link MetaDataActionEvent}.
 *
 * @param  The type of the action stored in the event.
 * @param  The type of the source in question.
 */
public interface MetaDataActionEvent extends ActionEvent, MetaDataEvent {}