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package com.hazelcast.core;
/**
* In Hazelcast the data is split up in partitions: by default, 271 and configurable through the 'hazelcast.partition.count'
* GroupProperty. Each partition is owned by one member and the ownership can change if members join or leave the cluster.
*
* Using this Partition object, you get access to who is the owner of a given partition. This object is not a DTO, so it will
* be updated when a member changes ownership.
*/
public interface Partition {
/**
* Returns the id of the partition. This value will never change and will always be greater to or equal to 0 and smaller
* than the partition-count.
*
* @return the id of the partition
*/
int getPartitionId();
/**
* Returns the current member that owns this partition.
*
* The returned value could be stale as soon as it is returned.
*
* It can be that null is returned if the owner of a partition has not been established.
*
* @return the owner member of the partition
*/
Member getOwner();
}