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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable;

/**
 * Listener for staleness events. An observable object is stale if its state
 * will change eventually.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IStaleListener extends IObservablesListener {

	/**
	 * Handle the event that the given observable object is now stale. The given
	 * event object must only be used locally in this method because it may be
	 * reused for other change notifications.
	 * 
	 * @param staleEvent
	 */
	public void handleStale(StaleEvent staleEvent);

}