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package com.espertech.esper.epl.join.base;
import com.espertech.esper.epl.core.ResultSetProcessor;
import com.espertech.esper.view.internal.BufferView;
/**
* Method for preloading events for a given stream onto the stream's indexes, from a buffer already associated with a stream.
*/
public interface JoinPreloadMethod
{
/**
* Initialize a stream from the stream buffers data.
* @param stream to initialize and load indexes
*/
public void preloadFromBuffer(int stream);
/**
* Initialize the result set process for the purpose of grouping and aggregation
* from the join result set.
* @param resultSetProcessor is the grouping and aggregation result processing
*/
public void preloadAggregation(ResultSetProcessor resultSetProcessor);
/**
* Sets the buffee to use.
* @param buffer buffer to use
* @param i stream
*/
public void setBuffer(BufferView buffer, int i);
public boolean isPreloading();
}