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    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectLocator;
    018
    019/**
    020 * Manages a set of {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.UpdateListener}s. Periodically (say, every request during
    021 * development, or every minute or so during production), request processing is locked down so that only a single thread
    022 * is active, and the active thread invokes {@link #fireCheckForUpdates()}. Various services that are dependent on
    023 * external resource files (such as classes or template files) can check to see if any file they've used has changed. If
    024 * so, the service can invalidate its internal cache, or notify other services (typically via
    025 * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.InvalidationListener} that they should do the same.
    026 * <p>
    027 * Note that this interface has moved from module tapestry-core to tapestry-ioc, but has kept the same package (for
    028 * backwards compatibility reasons).
    029 * <p>
    030 * A <em>weak reference</em> to the listener is kept; this ensures that registering as a listener will not prevent a
    031 * listener instance from being reclaimed by the garbage collector (this is useful as proxies created by
    032 * {@link ObjectLocator#proxy(Class, Class)} may register as listeners, but still be ephemeral).
    033 * <p>
    034 * Starting in Tapestry 5.3, this services does <em>nothing</em> in production mode.
    035 *
    036 * @since 5.1.0.0
    037 */
    038public interface UpdateListenerHub
    039{
    040    /**
    041     * Adds a listener.
    042     */
    043    void addUpdateListener(UpdateListener listener);
    044
    045    /**
    046     * Invoked periodically to allow services to check if underlying state has changed. For example, a template file may
    047     * have changed. Listeners will typically notify applicable listeners of their own (they usually implement
    048     * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.InvalidationEventHub}) when such a change occurs.
    049     */
    050    void fireCheckForUpdates();
    051}