1 /**
2 * Copyright 2003-2006 Greg Luck
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ehcache.distribution;
18
19 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException;
20
21 import java.util.List;
22
23 /**
24 * A listener for updates, which controls remote cache peers.
25 * @author Greg Luck
26 * @version $Id: CacheManagerPeerListener.java 52 2006-04-24 14:50:03Z gregluck $
27 */
28 public interface CacheManagerPeerListener {
29
30
31 /**
32 * Call to start the listeners and do any other network initialisation.
33 * @throws CacheException
34 */
35 void init() throws CacheException;
36
37 /**
38 * Stop the listener and free any resources.
39 * @throws CacheException
40 */
41 void dispose() throws CacheException;
42
43 /**
44 * All of the caches which are listenting for remote changes.
45 * @return a list of <code>CachePeer</code> objects
46 */
47 List getBoundCachePeers();
48
49
50
51 }