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package org.ehcache.core.events;

import org.ehcache.core.spi.store.Store;
import org.ehcache.spi.service.Service;
import org.ehcache.event.CacheEventListener;
import org.ehcache.spi.service.ServiceConfiguration;

Service interface for providing CacheEventDispatchers, consumed by EhcacheManager. /**
 * {@link Service} interface for providing {@link CacheEventDispatcher}s, consumed by
 * {@link org.ehcache.core.EhcacheManager}.
 */
public interface CacheEventDispatcherFactory extends Service {

  
Creates an instance of CacheEventDispatcher to be used with a Cache and provided Store. 
Params:
store – the store to link to
serviceConfigs – the service configurations
Type parameters:
<K> – the key type
<V> – the value type
Returns:
the CacheEventDispatcher/**
   * Creates an instance of {@link CacheEventDispatcher} to be used with a {@link org.ehcache.Cache} and provided
   * {@link Store}.
   *
   * @param store the store to link to
   * @param serviceConfigs the service configurations
   * @param <K> the key type
   * @param <V> the value type
   *
   * @return the {@link CacheEventDispatcher}
   */
  <K, V> CacheEventDispatcher<K, V> createCacheEventDispatcher(Store<K, V> store, ServiceConfiguration<?, ?>... serviceConfigs);

  
Releases an instance of CacheEventDispatcher, causing it to shutdown and release all CacheEventListeners registered with it. 
Params:
eventDispatcher – the CacheEventDispatcher to release/**
   * Releases an instance of {@link CacheEventDispatcher}, causing it to shutdown and release all
   * {@link CacheEventListener}s registered with it.
   *
   * @param eventDispatcher the {@link CacheEventDispatcher} to release
   */
  <K, V> void releaseCacheEventDispatcher(CacheEventDispatcher<K, V> eventDispatcher);
}