JoinSetComposer.java

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package com.espertech.esper.epl.join.base;

import com.espertech.esper.client.EventBean;
import com.espertech.esper.collection.MultiKey;
import com.espertech.esper.collection.UniformPair;
import com.espertech.esper.epl.expression.ExprEvaluatorContext;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Interface for populating a join tuple result set from new data and old data for each stream.
 */
public interface JoinSetComposer
{
    /**
     * Provides initialization events per stream to composer to populate join indexes, if required
     * @param eventsPerStream is an array of events for each stream, with null elements to indicate no events for a stream
     */
    public void init(EventBean[][] eventsPerStream);

    /**
     * Return join tuple result set from new data and old data for each stream.
     * @param newDataPerStream - for each stream the event array (can be null).
     * @param oldDataPerStream - for each stream the event array (can be null).
     * @param exprEvaluatorContext expression evaluation context
     * @return join tuples
     */
    public UniformPair<Set<MultiKey<EventBean>>> join(EventBean[][] newDataPerStream, EventBean[][] oldDataPerStream, ExprEvaluatorContext exprEvaluatorContext);

    /**
     * For use in iteration over join statements, this must build a join tuple result set from
     * all events in indexes, executing query strategies for each.
     * @return static join result
     */
    public Set<MultiKey<EventBean>> staticJoin();

    /**
     * Destroy stateful index tables, if any.
     */
    public void destroy();
}