Index: jackrabbit-api/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/api/observation/JackrabbitEventFilter.java
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--- jackrabbit-api/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/api/observation/JackrabbitEventFilter.java	(revision 1759223)
+++ jackrabbit-api/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/api/observation/JackrabbitEventFilter.java	(working copy)
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     private String[] excludedPaths = new String[]{};
     private boolean noExternal;
     private boolean noInternal;
+    private boolean consolidateChanges;
 
     /**
      * Sets the <code>eventTypes</code> parameter of the filter.
@@ -273,6 +274,9 @@
      */
     public JackrabbitEventFilter setNoExternal(boolean noExternal) {
         this.noExternal = noExternal;
+        if (noExternal) {
+            consolidateChanges = false;
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -294,6 +298,9 @@
      */
     public JackrabbitEventFilter setNoInternal(boolean noInternal) {
         this.noInternal = noInternal;
+        if (noInternal) {
+            consolidateChanges = false;
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -306,4 +313,33 @@
         return noInternal;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If set {@code true}, allows the repository to consolidate changes and
+     * report changes from multiple {@code Session.save()} calls with a single
+     * {@code EventListener.onEvent()} callback. When this parameter is enabled,
+     * both {@code noExternal} and {@code noInternal} are automatically reset
+     * to {@code false} and changes are reported from all cluster nodes.
+     * <p>
+     * Please note that sequences of consolidated changes may not show the same
+     * events as individual changes do. E.g. adding a node and removing it again
+     * will result in no event when consolidated.
+     *
+     * @param consolidateChanges a {@code boolean}.
+     * @return this event filter instance.
+     */
+    public JackrabbitEventFilter setConsolidateChanges(boolean consolidateChanges) {
+        this.consolidateChanges = consolidateChanges;
+        this.noInternal = false;
+        this.noExternal = false;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@code consolidateChanges} parameter of this filter.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code boolean}.
+     */
+    public boolean getConsolidateChanges() {
+        return consolidateChanges;
+    }
 }
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