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package org.springframework.context.event;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

Extended variant of the standard ApplicationListener interface, exposing further metadata such as the supported event and source type. 
As of Spring Framework 4.2, this interface supersedes the Class-based SmartApplicationListener with full handling of generic event types. 
Author:
Stephane Nicoll
See Also:
SmartApplicationListener
GenericApplicationListenerAdapter
Since:
4.2/**
 * Extended variant of the standard {@link ApplicationListener} interface,
 * exposing further metadata such as the supported event and source type.
 *
 * <p>As of Spring Framework 4.2, this interface supersedes the Class-based
 * {@link SmartApplicationListener} with full handling of generic event types.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 4.2
 * @see SmartApplicationListener
 * @see GenericApplicationListenerAdapter
 */
public interface GenericApplicationListener extends ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent>, Ordered {

	
Determine whether this listener actually supports the given event type.
Params:
eventType – the event type (never null)/**
	 * Determine whether this listener actually supports the given event type.
	 * @param eventType the event type (never {@code null})
	 */
	boolean supportsEventType(ResolvableType eventType);

	
Determine whether this listener actually supports the given source type.
The default implementation always returns true. 
Params:
sourceType – the source type, or null if no source/**
	 * Determine whether this listener actually supports the given source type.
	 * <p>The default implementation always returns {@code true}.
	 * @param sourceType the source type, or {@code null} if no source
	 */
	default boolean supportsSourceType(@Nullable Class<?> sourceType) {
		return true;
	}

	
Determine this listener's order in a set of listeners for the same event.
The default implementation returns Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE. /**
	 * Determine this listener's order in a set of listeners for the same event.
	 * <p>The default implementation returns {@link #LOWEST_PRECEDENCE}.
	 */
	@Override
	default int getOrder() {
		return LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
	}

}