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8c8bf09f | 1 | /******************************************************************************* |
d91063d0 | 2 | * Copyright (c) 2009, 2014 Ericsson |
57a2a5ca | 3 | * |
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4 | * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are |
5 | * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which | |
6 | * accompanies this distribution, and is available at | |
7 | * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html | |
57a2a5ca | 8 | * |
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9 | * Contributors: |
10 | * Francois Chouinard - Initial API and implementation | |
d91063d0 | 11 | * Bernd Hufmann - Add interface for broadcasting signals asynchronously |
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12 | *******************************************************************************/ |
13 | ||
6c13869b | 14 | package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.component; |
8c8bf09f | 15 | |
6c13869b | 16 | import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.signal.TmfSignal; |
8d2e2848 | 17 | |
8c8bf09f | 18 | /** |
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19 | * This is the basic interface of all the TMF components. |
20 | * <p> | |
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21 | * Currently, it only addresses the inter-component signalling. |
22 | * | |
23 | * @version 1.0 | |
24 | * @author Francois Chouinard | |
57a2a5ca | 25 | * |
8fd82db5 | 26 | * @see TmfComponent |
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27 | */ |
28 | public interface ITmfComponent { | |
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30 | /** |
31 | * @return the component ID (display name) | |
32 | */ | |
33 | String getName(); | |
fc6ccf6f | 34 | |
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35 | /** |
36 | * Dispose of the component | |
37 | */ | |
38 | void dispose(); | |
e31e01e8 | 39 | |
57a2a5ca | 40 | /** |
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41 | * Propagate a signal to all the interested listeners in |
42 | * the same thread of execution. | |
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43 | * |
44 | * @param signal the signal to broadcast | |
45 | */ | |
46 | void broadcast(TmfSignal signal); | |
8d2e2848 | 47 | |
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48 | /** |
49 | * Propagate a signal to all the interested listeners | |
50 | * in a separate thread. | |
51 | * | |
52 | * @param signal the signal to broadcast | |
53 | * @since 3.0 | |
54 | */ | |
55 | void broadcastAsync(TmfSignal signal); | |
8c8bf09f | 56 | } |