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package com.sun.appserv.ejb;

/**
 * ReadOnlyBeanLocalNotifier is used to force refresh of ReadOnly local beans
 *
 * @author Mahesh Kannan
 */
public interface ReadOnlyBeanLocalNotifier {

    /**
     * This method would be used by the user to manually force the
     *  refresh of read only beans for an application. After this method
     *  the next access to the bean, identified by the primary key, will
     *  cause a ejbLoad() to be called on the bean
     *
     * @param The primary of the local bean to be refreshed
     */
    public void refresh(Object primaryKey);

    /**
     * This method forces *all* primary keys for a read-only bean
     * to be marked as needing a refresh.
     */
    public void refreshAll();

}