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18  
19  package org.eclipse.jetty.servlets;
20  
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  
23  /**
24   * <p>{@link EventSource} is the passive half of an event source connection, as defined by the
25   * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/eventsource/">EventSource Specification</a>.</p>
26   * <p>{@link EventSource.Emitter} is the active half of the connection and allows to operate on the connection.</p>
27   * <p>{@link EventSource} allows applications to be notified of events happening on the connection;
28   * two events are being notified: the opening of the event source connection, where method
29   * {@link EventSource#onOpen(Emitter)} is invoked, and the closing of the event source connection,
30   * where method {@link EventSource#onClose()} is invoked.</p>
31   *
32   * @see EventSourceServlet
33   */
34  public interface EventSource
35  {
36      /**
37       * <p>Callback method invoked when an event source connection is opened.</p>
38       *
39       * @param emitter the {@link Emitter} instance that allows to operate on the connection
40       * @throws IOException if the implementation of the method throws such exception
41       */
42      public void onOpen(Emitter emitter) throws IOException;
43  
44      /**
45       * <p>Callback method invoked when an event source connection is closed.</p>
46       */
47      public void onClose();
48  
49      /**
50       * <p>{@link Emitter} is the active half of an event source connection, and allows applications
51       * to operate on the connection by sending events, data or comments, or by closing the connection.</p>
52       * <p>An {@link Emitter} instance will be created for each new event source connection.</p>
53       * <p>{@link Emitter} instances are fully thread safe and can be used from multiple threads.</p>
54       */
55      public interface Emitter
56      {
57          /**
58           * <p>Sends a named event with data to the client.</p>
59           * <p>When invoked as: <code>event("foo", "bar")</code>, the client will receive the lines:</p>
60           * <pre>
61           * event: foo
62           * data: bar
63           * </pre>
64           *
65           * @param name the event name
66           * @param data the data to be sent
67           * @throws IOException if an I/O failure occurred
68           * @see #data(String)
69           */
70          public void event(String name, String data) throws IOException;
71  
72          /**
73           * <p>Sends a default event with data to the client.</p>
74           * <p>When invoked as: <code>data("baz")</code>, the client will receive the line:</p>
75           * <pre>
76           * data: baz
77           * </pre>
78           * <p>When invoked as: <code>data("foo\r\nbar\rbaz\nbax")</code>, the client will receive the lines:</p>
79           * <pre>
80           * data: foo
81           * data: bar
82           * data: baz
83           * data: bax
84           * </pre>
85           *
86           * @param data the data to be sent
87           * @throws IOException if an I/O failure occurred
88           */
89          public void data(String data) throws IOException;
90  
91          /**
92           * <p>Sends a comment to the client.</p>
93           * <p>When invoked as: <code>comment("foo")</code>, the client will receive the line:</p>
94           * <pre>
95           * : foo
96           * </pre>
97           *
98           * @param comment the comment to send
99           * @throws IOException if an I/O failure occurred
100          */
101         public void comment(String comment) throws IOException;
102 
103         /**
104          * <p>Closes this event source connection.</p>
105          */
106         public void close();
107     }
108 }