guava/src/com/google/common/cache/RemovalListener.java

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package com.google.common.cache;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

/**
 * An object that can receive a notification when an entry is removed from a cache. The removal
 * resulting in notification could have occurred to an entry being manually removed or replaced, or
 * due to eviction resulting from timed expiration, exceeding a maximum size, or garbage collection.
 *
 * <p>An instance may be called concurrently by multiple threads to process different entries.
 * Implementations of this interface should avoid performing blocking calls or synchronizing on
 * shared resources.
 *
 * @param <K> the most general type of keys this listener can listen for; for example {@code Object}
 *     if any key is acceptable
 * @param <V> the most general type of values this listener can listen for; for example {@code
 *     Object} if any key is acceptable
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@FunctionalInterface
public interface RemovalListener<K, V> {
  /**
   * Notifies the listener that a removal occurred at some point in the past.
   *
   * <p>This does not always signify that the key is now absent from the cache, as it may have
   * already been re-added.
   */
  // Technically should accept RemovalNotification<? extends K, ? extends V>, but because
  // RemovalNotification is guaranteed covariant, let's make users' lives simpler.
  void onRemoval(RemovalNotification<K, V> notification);
}