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015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry5.commons.ObjectLocator;
018
019/**
020 * Manages a set of {@link org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.UpdateListener}s. Periodically (say, every request during
021 * development, or every minute or so during production), request processing is locked down so that only a single thread
022 * is active, and the active thread invokes {@link #fireCheckForUpdates()}. Various services that are dependent on
023 * external resource files (such as classes or template files) can check to see if any file they've used has changed. If
024 * so, the service can invalidate its internal cache, or notify other services (typically via
025 * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.commons.services.InvalidationListener} that they should do the same.
026 *
027 * Note that this interface has moved from module tapestry-core to tapestry-ioc. It was, however, not possible to keep
028 * the same package (for backwards compatibility reasons) without causing a split package (in terms of Java 9 Modules).
029 *
030 * A <em>weak reference</em> to the listener is kept; this ensures that registering as a listener will not prevent a
031 * listener instance from being reclaimed by the garbage collector (this is useful as proxies created by
032 * {@link ObjectLocator#proxy(Class, Class)} may register as listeners, but still be ephemeral).
033 *
034 * Starting in Tapestry 5.3, this services does <em>nothing</em> in production mode.
035 * 
036 * @since 5.1.0.0
037 */
038public interface UpdateListenerHub
039{
040    /**
041     * Adds a listener.
042     */
043    void addUpdateListener(UpdateListener listener);
044
045    /**
046     * Invoked periodically to allow services to check if underlying state has changed. For example, a template file may
047     * have changed. Listeners will typically notify applicable listeners of their own (they usually implement
048     * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.commons.services.InvalidationEventHub}) when such a change occurs.
049     */
050    void fireCheckForUpdates();
051}