001    /* NotificationEmitter.java -- Refined interface for broadcasters.
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037    
038    package javax.management;
039    
040    /**
041     * Represents a bean that can emit notifications when
042     * events occur.  Other beans can use this interface
043     * to add themselves to the list of recipients of such
044     * notifications.
045     *
046     * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
047     * @since 1.5
048     */
049    public interface NotificationEmitter
050      extends NotificationBroadcaster
051    {
052    
053      /**
054       * Removes the specified listener from the list of recipients
055       * of notifications from this bean.  Only the first instance with
056       * the supplied filter and passback object is removed.
057       * <code>null</code> is used as a valid value for these parameters,
058       * rather than as a way to remove all registration instances for
059       * the specified listener; for this behaviour instead, see the details
060       * of the same method in {@link NotificationBroadcaster}.
061       *
062       * @param listener the listener to remove.
063       * @param filter the filter of the listener to remove.
064       * @param passback the passback object of the listener to remove.
065       * @throws ListenerNotFoundException if the specified listener
066       *                                   is not registered with this bean.
067       * @see #addNotificationListener(NotificationListener, NotificationFilter,
068       *                               java.lang.Object)
069       */
070      void removeNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener,
071                                      NotificationFilter filter,
072                                      Object passback)
073        throws ListenerNotFoundException;
074    
075    }