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   * Created Oct 20, 2007
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  package avrora.sim.output;
  
  import avrora.sim.Simulator;
  
  /**
   * The <code>EventProcessor</code> interface represents an object that is capable
   * of processing a particular kind of event.
   *
   * @author Ben L. Titzer
  */
  public interface EventProcessor {
      /**
       * The <code>process()<code> method processes an instance of an event.
       * For example, the processor may output to the terminal, etc.
       *
       * @param s the simulator that generated the event
       * @param time the clock cycle that the event was generated
       * @param obj the object parameter to the event
       * @param param 64 bits of parameter data to the event which are encoded as a long
       */
      public void process(Simulator s, long time, Object obj, long param);
  }
  