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// Contributors:
//      tware - initial implementation
package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.rs.eventlistener;

import org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.events.DatabaseEventListener;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Session;

/**
 * Extends EclipseLink's database event listening capabilities by allowing a listener to subscribe to
 * to change notifications from the database
 *
 * This listener also expands the interface to support subscription on a descriptor basis rather than
 * the wholesale subscription provided by its superclass.
 *
 * @author tware
 *
 */
public interface DescriptorBasedDatabaseEventListener extends DatabaseEventListener {

    /**
     * Register for change notifications on a particular descriptor
     * @param session
     * @param queryName
     */
    public void register(Session session, String queryName);

    public void addChangeListener(ChangeListener listener);

    public void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener listener);
}