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019
020 package javax.servlet.http;
021
022 import java.util.EventListener;
023
024 /**
025 * Causes an object to be notified when it is bound to
026 * or unbound from a session. The object is notified
027 * by an {@link HttpSessionBindingEvent} object. This may be as a result
028 * of a servlet programmer explicitly unbinding an attribute from a session,
029 * due to a session being invalidated, or due to a session timing out.
030 *
031 * @version $Rev: 788194 $ $Date: 2009-06-24 18:05:48 -0400 (Wed, 24 Jun 2009) $
032 * @see HttpSession
033 * @see HttpSessionBindingEvent
034 */
035 public interface HttpSessionBindingListener extends EventListener {
036 /**
037 * Notifies the object that it is being bound to
038 * a session and identifies the session.
039 *
040 * @param event the event that identifies the
041 * session
042 * @see #valueUnbound
043 */
044 void valueBound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event);
045
046
047 /**
048 * Notifies the object that it is being unbound
049 * from a session and identifies the session.
050 *
051 * @param event the event that identifies
052 * the session
053 * @see #valueBound
054 */
055 void valueUnbound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event);
056
057 }
058