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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.apex.service.engine.runtime;
+
+import org.onap.policy.apex.service.engine.event.ApexEvent;
+
+/**
+ * The run time interface for APEX engine users. APEX engine implementations expose this interface
+ * and external users use it to send events to the engine.
+ *
+ * @author Sajeevan Achuthan (sajeevan.achuthan@ericsson.com), John Keeney
+ *         (john.keeney@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public interface EngineServiceEventInterface {
+    /**
+     * This method forwards an event to the APEX engine.
+     *
+     * @param event is an instance {@link ApexEvent}
+     */
+    void sendEvent(ApexEvent event);
+}