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package org.opends.server.replication.plugin;

import org.opends.server.replication.common.ChangeNumber;
import org.opends.server.replication.protocol.ReplicationMsg;


/**
 * This class if used to build fake Operation from the historical
 * information that stay in the entry in the database.
 *
 * This is useful when a LDAP server can't find a LDAP server that
 * has already seen all its changes and therefore need to retransmit them
 *
 */
public abstract class FakeOperation
{
  private ChangeNumber changeNumber;

  /**
   * Creates a new FakeOperation using the provided ChangeNumber.
   *
   * @param changeNumber The ChangeNumber to use to build the FakeOperation.
   */
  public FakeOperation(ChangeNumber changeNumber)
  {
    this.changeNumber = changeNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Get the ChangeNumber.
   *
   * @return Returns the changeNumber.
   */
  public ChangeNumber getChangeNumber()
  {
    return changeNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Generate a ReplicationMsg from this fake operation.
   * The ReplicationMsg is used to send the informations about
   * this operation to the other servers.
   *
   * @return A ReplicationMsg that can be used to send information
   *         about this operation to remote servers.
   */
  abstract public ReplicationMsg generateMessage();
}