org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.provider
Interface ObservableMetadataProvider

All Superinterfaces:

MetadataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractObservableMetadataProvider, AbstractReloadingMetadataProvider, ChainingMetadataProvider, DOMMetadataProvider, FileBackedHTTPMetadataProvider, FilesystemMetadataProvider, HTTPMetadataProvider, ResourceBackedMetadataProvider

public interface ObservableMetadataProvider
extends MetadataProvider

A metadata provider that provides event notification to observers. This may be used, for example, to signal an update of an internal cache of metadata allowing other subsystems to perform some action based on that.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

ObservableMetadataProvider.Observer An observer of metadata provider changes.

Method Summary

List<ObservableMetadataProvider.Observer>

getObservers() Gets the list of observers for the provider.

Methods inherited from interface org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.provider.MetadataProvider

getEntitiesDescriptor, getEntityDescriptor, getMetadata, getMetadataFilter, getRole, getRole, requireValidMetadata, setMetadataFilter, setRequireValidMetadata

Method Detail

getObservers

List<ObservableMetadataProvider.Observer> getObservers()

Gets the list of observers for the provider. New observers may be added to the list or old ones removed.

Returns:

the list of observers