HttpSessionBindingListener.java

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package jakarta.servlet.http;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * Causes an object to be notified when it is bound to or unbound from a session. The object is notified by an
 * {@link HttpSessionBindingEvent} object. This may be as a result of a servlet programmer explicitly unbinding an
 * attribute from a session, due to a session being invalidated, or due to a session timing out.
 *
 * @see HttpSession
 * @see HttpSessionBindingEvent
 */
public interface HttpSessionBindingListener extends EventListener {

    /**
     * Notifies the object that it is being bound to a session and identifies the session. The default implementation is
     * a NO-OP.
     *
     * @param event the event that identifies the session
     *
     * @see #valueUnbound
     */
    default void valueBound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
    }

    /**
     * Notifies the object that it is being unbound from a session and identifies the session. The default
     * implementation is a NO-OP.
     *
     * @param event the event that identifies the session
     *
     * @see #valueBound
     */
    default void valueUnbound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
    }
}