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package javax.sql;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * An interface used to send notification of events occurring in the context of
 * a {@link RowSet}. To receive the notification events, an object must
 * implement the {@code RowSetListener} interface and then register itself with
 * the {@code RowSet} of interest using the
 * {@link RowSet#addRowSetListener(RowSetListener)} method.
 */
public interface RowSetListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Notifies the listener that the {@code RowSet}'s cursor in {@code
     * theEvent.getSource} has moved.
     * 
     * @param theEvent
     *            a {@code RowSetEvent} that contains information about the
     *            {@code RowSet} involved. This information can be used to
     *            retrieve information about the change, such as the updated
     *            data values.
     */
    public void cursorMoved(RowSetEvent theEvent);

    /**
     * Notifies the listener that one of the {@code RowSet}'s rows in {@code
     * theEvent.getSource} has changed.
     * 
     * @param theEvent
     *            a {@code RowSetEvent} that contains information about the
     *            {@code RowSet} involved. This information can be used to
     *            retrieve information about the change, such as the new cursor
     *            position.
     */
    public void rowChanged(RowSetEvent theEvent);

    /**
     * Notifies the listener that the {@code RowSet}'s entire contents in
     * {@code theEvent.getSource} have been updated (an example is the execution
     * of a command which retrieves new data from the database).
     * 
     * @param theEvent
     *            a {@code RowSetEvent} that contains information about the
     *            {@code RowSet} involved. This information can be used to
     *            retrieve information about the change, such as the updated
     *            rows of data.
     */
    public void rowSetChanged(RowSetEvent theEvent);
}