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package org.snmp4j.util;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * The {@code TableListener} interface is implemented by objects
 * listening for table events. Table events typically contain row data.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.10
 * @since 1.0.2
 * @see TableUtils
 */
public interface TableListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Consumes the next table event, which is typically the next row in a
     * table retrieval operation.
     *
     * @param event
     *    a {@code TableEvent} instance.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if this listener wants to receive more events,
     *    otherwise return {@code false}. For example, a
     *    {@code TableListener} can return {@code false} to stop
     *    table retrieval.
     */
    boolean next(TableEvent event);

    /**
     * Indicates in a series of table events that no more events will follow.
     * @param event
     *    a {@code TableEvent} instance that will either indicate an error
     *    ({@link TableEvent#isError()} returns {@code true}) or success
     *    of the table operation.
     */
    void finished(TableEvent event);

    /**
     * Indicates whether the tree walk is complete or not.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if it is complete, {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since 1.10
     */
    boolean isFinished();

}
