2 * Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
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6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
8 package org.opendaylight.controller.messagebus.spi;
11 *EventSourceRegistry is used to register {@link EventSource}.
14 public interface EventSourceRegistry extends AutoCloseable {
17 * Registers the given EventSource for public consumption. The EventSource is
18 * associated with the node identified via {@linkEventSource#getSourceNodeKey}.
20 * @param eventSource the EventSource instance to register
21 * @return an EventSourceRegistration instance that is used to unregister the EventSource via {@link EventSourceRegistrationImpl#close()}.
23 <T extends EventSource> EventSourceRegistration<T> registerEventSource(T eventSource);