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package com.senseidb.search.node.broker;
import java.util.List;
import com.senseidb.search.req.SenseiRequest;
public interface LayeredClusterPruner {
public List<String> pruneClusters(SenseiRequest request, List<String> clusters);
/**
* Returns true if documents in one cluster have not a greater priority(comparison value) than documents in another one.
* In this case the broker will treat each cluster as just another partition
* By default this method should return false
* @param request
* @return
*/
public boolean clusterPrioritiesEqual(SenseiRequest request);
}