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package storm.trident.operation;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Interface for publishing tuples to a stream and reporting exceptions (to be displayed in Storm UI).
*
* Trident components that have the ability to emit tuples to a stream are passed an instance of this
* interface.
*
* For example, to emit a new tuple to a stream, you would do something like the following:
*
* ```java
* collector.emit(new Values("a", "b", "c"));
* ```
* @see org.apache.storm.trident.Stream
* @see org.apache.storm.tuple.Values
*/
public interface TridentCollector {
/**
* Emits a tuple to a Stream
* @param values a list of values of which the tuple will be composed
*/
void emit(List<Object> values);
/**
* Reports an error. The corresponding stack trace will be visible in the Storm UI.
*
* Note that calling this method does not alter the processing of a batch. To explicitly fail a batch and trigger
* a replay, components should throw {@link org.apache.storm.topology.FailedException}.
* @param t The instance of the error (Throwable) being reported.
*/
void reportError(Throwable t);
}