ConfigStoreWithImportedBy.java

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package gobblin.config.store.api;

import java.util.Collection;

import gobblin.annotation.Alpha;


/**
 * ConfigStoreWithImportedBy indicates that this {@link ConfigStore} implementation supports an
 * efficient mapping from the config key to the config keys that directly import it (aka the
 * imported-by relationship).
 * @author mitu
 *
 */
@Alpha
public interface ConfigStoreWithImportedBy extends ConfigStore {

  /**
   * Obtains the collection of config keys which import a given config key.
   *
   * @param  configKey   the config key path which is imported
   * @param  version     the configuration version to run the query against
   * @return The {@link Collection} of paths of the config keys which import the specified config key
   * @throws VersionDoesNotExistException if the requested config version does not exist (any longer)
   */
  public Collection<ConfigKeyPath> getImportedBy(ConfigKeyPath configKey, String version)
      throws VersionDoesNotExistException;
}