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25 
26 package javax.management;
27 
28 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;  // for Javadoc
29 
30 /**
31  * <p>Interface implemented by an MBean that emits Notifications. It
32  * allows a listener to be registered with the MBean as a notification
33  * listener.</p>
34  *
35  * <h2>Notification dispatch</h2>
36  *
37  *<p>When an MBean emits a notification, it considers each listener that has been
38  * added with {@link #addNotificationListener addNotificationListener} and not
39  * subsequently removed with {@link #removeNotificationListener removeNotificationListener}.
40  * If a filter was provided with that listener, and if the filter's
41  * {@link NotificationFilter#isNotificationEnabled isNotificationEnabled} method returns
42  * false, the listener is ignored.  Otherwise, the listener's
43  * {@link NotificationListener#handleNotification handleNotification} method is called with
44  * the notification, as well as the handback object that was provided to
45  * {@code addNotificationListener}.</p>
46  *
47  * <p>If the same listener is added more than once, it is considered as many times as it was
48  * added.  It is often useful to add the same listener with different filters or handback
49  * objects.</p>
50  *
51  * <p>Implementations of this interface can differ regarding the thread in which the methods
52  * of filters and listeners are called.</p>
53  *
54  * <p>If the method call of a filter or listener throws an {@link Exception}, then that
55  * exception should not prevent other listeners from being invoked.  However, if the method
56  * call throws an {@link Error}, then it is recommended that processing of the notification
57  * stop at that point, and if it is possible to propagate the {@code Error} to the sender of
58  * the notification, this should be done.</p>
59  *
60  * <p>This interface should be used by new code in preference to the
61  * {@link NotificationBroadcaster} interface.</p>
62  *
63  * <p>Implementations of this interface and of {@code NotificationBroadcaster}
64  * should be careful about synchronization.  In particular, it is not a good
65  * idea for an implementation to hold any locks while it is calling a
66  * listener.  To deal with the possibility that the list of listeners might
67  * change while a notification is being dispatched, a good strategy is to
68  * use a {@link CopyOnWriteArrayList} for this list.
69  *
70  * @since 1.5
71  */
72 public interface NotificationEmitter extends NotificationBroadcaster {
73     /**
74      * <p>Removes a listener from this MBean.  The MBean must have a
75      * listener that exactly matches the given <code>listener</code>,
76      * <code>filter</code>, and <code>handback</code> parameters.  If
77      * there is more than one such listener, only one is removed.</p>
78      *
79      * <p>The <code>filter</code> and <code>handback</code> parameters
80      * may be null if and only if they are null in a listener to be
81      * removed.</p>
82      *
83      * @param listener A listener that was previously added to this
84      * MBean.
85      * @param filter The filter that was specified when the listener
86      * was added.
87      * @param handback The handback that was specified when the listener was
88      * added.
89      *
90      * @exception ListenerNotFoundException The listener is not
91      * registered with the MBean, or it is not registered with the
92      * given filter and handback.
93      */
removeNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener, NotificationFilter filter, Object handback)94     public void removeNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener,
95                                            NotificationFilter filter,
96                                            Object handback)
97             throws ListenerNotFoundException;
98 }
99