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<concept id="GUID-3313A7E0-B10A-5CDE-8DA3-FB9C48FC80CA" xml:lang="en"><title>Change

notifier</title><shortdesc>Describes change notifiers and what they are used for.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Change notifiers allow threads to be notified of changes in the environment

such as a switch in locale, crossing over past midnight etc.; the <codeph>TChanges</codeph> enumerator

lists the possible events.</p>

<p>A change notifier is a Kernel object and, as such, is managed by the Kernel.

Access to a change notifier is through an <codeph>RChangeNotifier</codeph> handle.</p>

<p>The list of possible events is itemised by the enumerators of the <codeph>TChanges</codeph> enum.</p>

<p>The change notifier service is not used directly but is an asynchronous

service provider intended to be part of an active object. For example, the

Environment Change Notifier API provides a <codeph>CEnvironmentChangeNotifier</codeph> active

object which uses the services of the change notifier as part of its implementation.</p>