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package org.springframework.jmx.export.notification;

import javax.management.Notification;

/**
 * Simple interface allowing Spring-managed MBeans to publish JMX notifications
 * without being aware of how those notifications are being transmitted to the
 * {@link javax.management.MBeanServer}.
 *
 * <p>Managed resources can access a {@code NotificationPublisher} by
 * implementing the {@link NotificationPublisherAware} interface. After a particular
 * managed resource instance is registered with the {@link javax.management.MBeanServer},
 * Spring will inject a {@code NotificationPublisher} instance into it if that
 * resource implements the {@link NotificationPublisherAware} inteface.
 *
 * <p>Each managed resource instance will have a distinct instance of a
 * {@code NotificationPublisher} implementation. This instance will keep
 * track of all the {@link javax.management.NotificationListener NotificationListeners}
 * registered for a particular mananaged resource.
 *
 * <p>Any existing, user-defined MBeans should use standard JMX APIs for notification
 * publication; this interface is intended for use only by Spring-created MBeans.
 *
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @since 2.0
 * @see NotificationPublisherAware
 * @see org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter
 */
public interface NotificationPublisher {

	/**
	 * Send the specified {@link javax.management.Notification} to all registered
	 * {@link javax.management.NotificationListener NotificationListeners}.
	 * Managed resources are <strong>not</strong> responsible for managing the list
	 * of registered {@link javax.management.NotificationListener NotificationListeners};
	 * that is performed automatically.
	 * @param notification the JMX Notification to send
	 * @throws UnableToSendNotificationException if sending failed
	 */
	void sendNotification(Notification notification) throws UnableToSendNotificationException;

}
