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package backtype.storm.transactional.partitioned;

import backtype.storm.coordination.BatchOutputCollector;
import backtype.storm.task.TopologyContext;
import backtype.storm.topology.IComponent;
import backtype.storm.transactional.TransactionAttempt;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This defines a transactional spout which does *not* necessarily replay the same batch every time it emits a batch for a transaction id.
 */
public interface IOpaquePartitionedTransactionalSpout<T> extends IComponent {
    public interface Coordinator {
        /**
         * Returns true if its ok to emit start a new transaction, false otherwise (will skip this transaction).
         * 
         * You should sleep here if you want a delay between asking for the next transaction (this will be called repeatedly in a loop).
         */
        boolean isReady();

        void close();
    }

    public interface Emitter<X> {
        /**
         * Emit a batch of tuples for a partition/transaction.
         * 
         * Return the metadata describing this batch that will be used as lastPartitionMeta for defining the parameters of the next batch.
         */
        X emitPartitionBatch(TransactionAttempt tx, BatchOutputCollector collector, int partition, X lastPartitionMeta);

        int numPartitions();

        void close();
    }

    Emitter<T> getEmitter(Map conf, TopologyContext context);

    Coordinator getCoordinator(Map conf, TopologyContext context);
}