1 package org.treetank.filelistener.file;
2
3 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
4
5 /**
6 * Since FilesystemNotifications mainly run in different threads than the observer,
7 * the notifications are observed using this interface instead.
8 *
9 * @author Andreas Rain
10 *
11 */
12 public interface FilesystemNotificationObserver {
13
14 /**
15 * Adds a new notification to the observer.
16 * @return blocking queue holding notifications for direct submission
17 */
18 public LinkedBlockingQueue<FilesystemNotification> getBlockingQueue();
19
20 /**
21 * Adds a notification to the blocking queue.
22 * @param n - FilesystemNotification
23 */
24 void addNotification(FilesystemNotification n);
25
26 }