1 /*
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29 package org.openrdf.elmo;
30
31 /**
32 * Implemented by all behaviours that cache locally modified state and need to
33 * be refreshed when the remote state changes.
34 *
35 * @author James Leigh
36 *
37 */
38 public interface Refreshable {
39 /**
40 * Flushes the local state of the entity forcing it to refresh.
41 *
42 */
43 public abstract void refresh();
44 }