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+package org.onlab.onos.event;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of a mechanism capable of accepting and dispatching events.
+ * Whether the events are accepted and the dispatched synchronously or
+ * asynchronously is unspecified.
+ */
+public interface EventDispatcher<E extends Event> {
+
+    /**
+     * Posts the specified event for dispatching.
+     *
+     * @param event event to be posted
+     */
+    void post(E event);
+
+}