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package javax.servlet;

import java.util.EventListener;

/**
 * A ServletRequestAttributeListener can be implemented by the developer interested in being notified of request
 * attribute changes. Notifications will be generated while the request is within the scope of the web application in
 * which the listener is registered. A request is defined as coming into scope when it is about to enter the first
 * servlet or filter in each web application, as going out of scope when it exits the last servlet or the first filter
 * in the chain.
 *
 * @since Servlet 2.4
 */
public interface ServletRequestAttributeListener extends EventListener {
    /**
     * Notification that a new attribute was added to the servlet request. Called after the attribute is added.
     *
     * @param srae Information about the new request attribute
     */
    void attributeAdded(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);

    /**
     * Notification that an existing attribute has been removed from the servlet request. Called after the attribute is
     * removed.
     *
     * @param srae Information about the removed request attribute
     */
    void attributeRemoved(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);

    /**
     * Notification that an attribute was replaced on the servlet request. Called after the attribute is replaced.
     *
     * @param srae Information about the replaced request attribute
     */
    void attributeReplaced(ServletRequestAttributeEvent srae);
}

