MessageFlowObserver.java

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package org.wso2.carbon.das.messageflow.data.publisher.observer;

import org.apache.synapse.aspects.flow.statistics.publishing.PublishingFlow;

/**
 * This interface can be used to register consumers into the MediationStatisticsStore
 * and retrieve statistics updates from the data store.
 */
public interface MessageFlowObserver {

    /**
     * Clean up this observer and prepare for shutdown
     */
    public void destroy();

    /**
     * Receive a statistics update from the statistics store/provider. The cumulative records
     * received from this method will be 'null' for the very first update sent by the data
     * store. This is because for the very first update there are no cumulative data in the
     * store. The implementations of this method should not attempt to modify the provided
     * StatisticsRecord instances. If such modifications are necessary the StatisticsRecord
     * objects should be first copied using the copy constructor. Also implementations of the
     * updateStatistics method should finish quickly. Long running tasks should be executed using
     * separate threads to prevent the notifier thread getting blocked.
     *
     * @param snapshot Current latest update containing resource specific data, category specific
     *        data, cumulative data and error logs
     */
    public void updateStatistics(PublishingFlow snapshot);

}