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package eu.stratosphere.runtime.io.api;

import java.io.IOException;

import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.AbstractTaskEvent;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.EventListener;


/**
 *
 */
public interface ReaderBase {

	boolean isInputClosed();
	
	/**
	 * Subscribes the listener object to receive events of the given type.
	 * 
	 * @param eventListener
	 *        the listener object to register
	 * @param eventType
	 *        the type of event to register the listener for
	 */
	void subscribeToEvent(EventListener eventListener, Class<? extends AbstractTaskEvent> eventType);
	
	/**
	 * Removes the subscription for events of the given type for the listener object.
	 * 
	 * @param eventListener
	 *        the listener object to cancel the subscription for
	 * @param eventType
	 *        the type of the event to cancel the subscription for
	 */
	void unsubscribeFromEvent(final EventListener eventListener, final Class<? extends AbstractTaskEvent> eventType);

	/**
	 * Publishes an event.
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 *        the event to be published
	 * @throws IOException
	 *         thrown if an error occurs while transmitting the event
	 * @throws InterruptedException
	 *         thrown if the thread is interrupted while waiting for the event to be published
	 */
	void publishEvent(AbstractTaskEvent event) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
	
	
	void setIterative(int numEventsUntilEndOfSuperstep);

	
	void startNextSuperstep();
	
	boolean hasReachedEndOfSuperstep();
}