| /* |
| * Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Laboratory |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.onosproject.event; |
| |
| /** |
| * Abstraction of a mechanism capable of accepting and dispatching events to |
| * appropriate event sinks. Where the event sinks are obtained is unspecified. |
| * Similarly, whether the events are accepted and dispatched synchronously |
| * or asynchronously is unspecified as well. |
| */ |
| public interface EventDispatcher { |
| |
| /** |
| * Posts the specified event for dispatching. |
| * |
| * @param event event to be posted |
| */ |
| void post(Event event); |
| |
| } |