common/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility/src/org/eclipse/jpt/common/utility/command/NotifyingRepeatingCommand.java

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package org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.command;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * Extend the repeating command to support listeners that are notified
 * when an execution "cycle" is complete; i.e. the command has,
 * for the moment, handled every execution request and quiesced.
 * This notification is <em>not</em> guaranteed to occur with <em>every</em>
 * execution "cycle"; since other, unrelated, executions can be triggered
 * concurrently, causing the "cycle" to continue.
 * <p>
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 */
public interface NotifyingRepeatingCommand
	extends RepeatingCommand
{
	/**
	 * Add the specified listener.
	 */
	void addListener(Listener listener);

	/**
	 * Remove the specified listener.
	 */
	void removeListener(Listener listener);


	// ********** listener **********

	/**
	 * Interface implemented by listeners to be notified whenever the
	 * command has quiesced.
	 * @see NotifyingRepeatingCommand#addListener(Listener)
	 * @see NotifyingRepeatingCommand#removeListener(Listener)
	 */
	public interface Listener
		extends EventListener
	{
		/**
		 * The specified command has quiesced.
		 */
		void executionQuiesced(Command command);
	}
}