/**
* Copyright 2014 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package com.comcast.viper.flume2storm.connection.sender;
import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
import com.comcast.viper.flume2storm.F2SConfigurationException;
import com.comcast.viper.flume2storm.connection.parameters.ConnectionParameters;
/**
* Interface to build an Event Sender. It follows the abstract factory design
* pattern. Implementation of this factory must have a no-argument constructor.
*
* @param <CP>
* The Connection Parameters class
*/
public interface EventSenderFactory<CP extends ConnectionParameters> {
/**
* Creates a new {@link EventSender} based on the connection parameters
* provided
*
* @param connectionParams
* Connections parameters to use to configure the {@link EventSender}
* @param config
* Additional configuration for the creation of the event sender
* @return The newly created {@link EventSender}
* @throws F2SConfigurationException
* If the configuration specified is invalid
*/
EventSender<CP> create(CP connectionParams, Configuration config) throws F2SConfigurationException;
}