Merge "Add missing copyright text"

[controller.git] / opendaylight / md-sal / sal-binding-api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / sal / binding / api / NotificationListener.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/NotificationListener.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/NotificationListener.java
index b3309b7a12b5af7bc15c310bc06c367d51a7772b..e5a0a2bd6dda74aa8565757f2acea4679bbb1300 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/NotificationListener.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/NotificationListener.java
@@ -8,10 +8,25 @@
 package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api;
 
 import java.util.EventListener;
-
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.Notification;
 
+/**
+ * Interface for a generic listener that is interested in receiving YANG modeled notifications.
+ * This interface acts as a base interface for specific listeners which usually are a type
+ * capture of this interface.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the interested notification type
+ * @deprecated Deprecated unused API.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public interface NotificationListener<T extends Notification> extends EventListener {
-
+    /**
+     * Invoked to deliver a notification.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that this method may be invoked from a shared thread pool, so implementations SHOULD NOT
+     * perform CPU-intensive operations and MUST NOT invoke any potentially blocking operations.
+     *
+     * @param notification the notification.
+     */
     void onNotification(T notification);
 }