server/lib/public/ieventsource.php
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<?php
/**
* Copyright (c) 2014 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
* This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
* later.
* See the COPYING-README file.
*/
namespace OCP;
/**
* wrapper for server side events (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-sent_events)
* includes a fallback for older browsers and IE
*
* use server side events with caution, to many open requests can hang the server
*
* The event source will initialize the connection to the client when the first data is sent
*/
interface IEventSource {
/**
* send a message to the client
*
* @param string $type
* @param mixed $data
*
* if only one parameter is given, a typeless message will be send with that parameter as data
*/
public function send($type, $data = null);
/**
* close the connection of the event source
*/
public function close();
}