package com.linkedin.databus2.producers;
/*
*
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*
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*
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import com.linkedin.databus.core.DbusEventKey;
import com.linkedin.databus.core.UnsupportedKeyException;
/**
* Interface to return the partition for a given key.
*/
public interface PartitionFunction
{
/**
* Return the partition for the given key.
* @param key
* @return the partition for the given key
* @throws UnsupportedKeyException if key is an unsupported key type
*/
public short getPartition(DbusEventKey key)
throws UnsupportedKeyException;
}