core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/event/EventSink.java

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 * Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.event;

/**
 * Abstraction of an event sink capable of processing the specified event types.
 */
public interface EventSink<E extends Event> {

    /**
     * Processes the specified event.
     *
     * @param event event to be processed
     */
    void process(E event);

    /**
     * Handles notification that event processing time limit has been exceeded.
     */
    default void onProcessLimit() {
    }

}