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package gobblin.broker.iface;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* Represents a DAG of scope types.
*
* For example, the topology of a distributed application might have scopes as follows:
* <pre>
* GLOBAL -> INSTANCE --> JOB --> TASK
* \-> CONTAINER -/
* </pre>
*
* Where global represents multiple separate instances or even other applications, the instance creates containers
* and process jobs, and each task of a job is run in a container. As seen in the graph, instance is a child of
* global, job and container are children of instance, and task is a child of both job and container.
*
* @param <S> itself.
*/
public interface ScopeType<S extends ScopeType<S>> {
/**
* The name of this {@link ScopeType}.
*/
String name();
/**
* @return Whether this _scopeInstance is process-local or shared across different processes.
*/
boolean isLocal();
/**
* @return Collection of parent scopes in the DAG.
*/
@Nullable
Collection<S> parentScopes();
/**
* @return a default {@link ScopeInstance} for this {@link ScopeType}, or null if no such default exists.
*/
@Nullable ScopeInstance<S> defaultScopeInstance();
/**
* @return the root {@link ScopeType} in the DAG.
*/
S rootScope();
}