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package org.apache.geode.distributed;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * This is the fundamental representation of a member in a GemFire distributed system. A process
 * becomes a member by calling {@link DistributedSystem#connect}.
 * 
 * @since GemFire 5.0
 */
public interface DistributedMember extends Comparable<DistributedMember> {

  /**
   * Returns this member's name. The member name is set using the "name" gemfire property. Returns
   * "" if the member does not have a name.
   * 
   * @since GemFire 7.0
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * Returns the canonical name of the host machine for this member.
   */
  public String getHost();

  /**
   * Returns the Roles that this member performs in the system. Note that the result will contain
   * both groups and roles.
   * 
   * @deprecated Roles is scheduled to be removed
   */
  public Set<Role> getRoles();

  /**
   * Returns the groups this member belongs to. A member defines the groups it is in using the
   * "groups" gemfire property. Note that the deprecated "roles" gemfire property are also treated
   * as groups so this result will contain both groups and roles.
   * 
   * @return a list of groups that this member belongs to.
   */
  public List<String> getGroups();

  /**
   * Returns the process id for this member. This may return zero if the platform or configuration
   * does not allow native access to process info.
   */
  public int getProcessId();

  /**
   * Returns a unique identifier for this member.
   */
  public String getId();

  /**
   * Returns the durable attributes for this client.
   */
  public DurableClientAttributes getDurableClientAttributes();

}