| /** |
| * $RCSfile$ |
| * $Revision$ |
| * $Date$ |
| * |
| * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software. |
| * |
| * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package org.jivesoftware.smack; |
| |
| import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Packet; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides a mechanism to listen for packets that pass a specified filter. |
| * This allows event-style programming -- every time a new packet is found, |
| * the {@link #processPacket(Packet)} method will be called. This is the |
| * opposite approach to the functionality provided by a {@link PacketCollector} |
| * which lets you block while waiting for results. |
| * |
| * @see Connection#addPacketListener(PacketListener, org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.PacketFilter) |
| * @author Matt Tucker |
| */ |
| public interface PacketListener { |
| |
| /** |
| * Process the next packet sent to this packet listener.<p> |
| * |
| * A single thread is responsible for invoking all listeners, so |
| * it's very important that implementations of this method not block |
| * for any extended period of time. |
| * |
| * @param packet the packet to process. |
| */ |
| public void processPacket(Packet packet); |
| |
| } |