OutputAdapter.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2008 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved.                            *
 * http://esper.codehaus.org                                                          *
 * http://www.espertech.com                                                           *
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 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license       *
 * a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
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package com.espertech.esper.adapter;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An output adapter transforms engine events and
 */
public interface OutputAdapter extends Adapter
{
    /**
     * Sets the subscriptions for the output adapter.
     * @param subscriptionMap is the active subscriptions.
     */
    public void setSubscriptionMap(Map<String, Subscription> subscriptionMap);

    /**
     * Returns the subscriptions.
     * @return map of name and subscription
     */
    public Map<String, Subscription> getSubscriptionMap();

    /**
     * Returns a given subscription by it's name, or null if not found
     * @param subscriptionName is the subscription
     * @return subcription or null
     */
    public Subscription getSubscription(String subscriptionName);
}