001/* 002 * Trident - A Multithreaded Server Alternative 003 * Copyright 2014 The TridentSDK Team 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017package net.tridentsdk.event; 018 019import net.tridentsdk.plugin.Plugin; 020 021/** 022 * Represents a tool which is used to notify event listeners 023 * 024 * @author The TridentSDK Team 025 * @since 0.4-alpha 026 */ 027public interface EventNotifier { 028 /** 029 * Obtains the plugin that contains the event listener 030 * 031 * @return the plugin 032 */ 033 Plugin plugin(); 034 035 /** 036 * Obtains the instance of the listener which was registered 037 * 038 * @return the listener instance 039 */ 040 Listener listener(); 041 042 /** 043 * Obtains the class of the event type that this notifier will be calling listeners for 044 * 045 * @return the event type 046 */ 047 Class<? extends Event> eventType(); 048 049 /** 050 * Obtains the importance of the event listener 051 * 052 * @return the importance 053 */ 054 Importance importance(); 055 056 /** 057 * Notifies the listener 058 * 059 * @param event the event to notify the listener 060 */ 061 void handle(Event event); 062}