| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 1997, 2008 by ProSyst Software GmbH |
| * http://www.prosyst.com |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * ProSyst Software GmbH - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.util.event; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface marks any listener implementation as system listener. System |
| * listener are very important for the correct functionality of the system. When |
| * the execution of user implemented listener's methods is too slow this |
| * listener is presumed as "bad" listener and it is removed automatically by the |
| * framework unless it is implementing the SystemListener interface. Instead of |
| * removing it automatically as a bad listener, the system dispatchers will |
| * notify the listener by calling timeoutOccured(). |
| * |
| * @author Stoyan Boshev |
| * @author Pavlin Dobrev |
| * @version 1.0 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface SystemListener { |
| |
| /** |
| * Notifies the listener that a timeout has occured while processing one of |
| * its methods. The listeners logic may decide whether it has to be removed |
| * as listener or not |
| * |
| * @return true, if the listener has to be removed from the list of |
| * listeners |
| */ |
| public boolean timeoutOccured(); |
| |
| } |
