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package org.apache.geode.cache;

/**
 * Immutable parameter object for describing how {@linkplain Region.Entry region entries} should be
 * written to disk.
 *
 * @see DiskWriteAttributesFactory
 * @see AttributesFactory#setDiskWriteAttributes
 * @see RegionAttributes#getDiskWriteAttributes
 * @see Region#writeToDisk
 *
 *
 * @since GemFire 3.2
 * @deprecated as of 6.5 use {@link DiskStore} instead
 */
@Deprecated
public interface DiskWriteAttributes extends java.io.Serializable {



  ////////////////////// Instance Methods //////////////////////



  /**
   * Returns true if this <code>DiskWriteAttributes</code> object configures synchronous writes.
   * 
   * @return Returns true if writes to disk are synchronous and false otherwise
   * @deprecated as of 6.5 use {@link RegionAttributes#isDiskSynchronous} instead.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public boolean isSynchronous();


  /**
   * Returns true if the oplogs is to be rolled to a more condensed format (on disk)
   * 
   * @return Returns true if the oplogs is to be rolled or false otherwise
   */
  public boolean isRollOplogs();

  /**
   * Get the maximum size in megabytes a single oplog (operation log) file should be
   * 
   * @return the maximum size the operations log file can be
   * @deprecated as of 6.5 use {@link DiskStore#getMaxOplogSize()} instead.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public int getMaxOplogSize();

  /**
   * Returns the number of milliseconds that can elapse before unwritten data is written to disk. If
   * this <code>DiskWriteAttributes</code> configures synchronous writing, then
   * <code>timeInterval</code> has no meaning.
   * 
   * @return Returns the time interval in milliseconds that can elapse between two writes to disk
   * @deprecated as of 6.5 use {@link DiskStore#getTimeInterval()} instead.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public long getTimeInterval();

  /**
   * Returns the number of unwritten bytes of data that can be enqueued before being written to
   * disk. If this <code>DiskWriteAttributes</code> configures synchronous writing, then
   * <code>bytesThreshold</code> has no meaning.
   * 
   * @return Returns the number of bytes that can be buffered before being written to disk
   * @deprecated as of 6.5 use {@link DiskStore#getQueueSize()} instead.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public long getBytesThreshold();

  /**
   * Two <code>DiskWriteAttributes</code> are equal if the both specify the synchronous writes, or
   * they both specify asynchronous writes with the same time interval, bytes threshold,
   * maxOplogSize and compaction values
   * 
   * @return true if o is equal else false
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o);

}