DBMaintenanceService.java

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package org.zenoss.zep.dao;

import org.zenoss.zep.ZepException;

/**
 * Utility service used to perform maintenance tasks against the database.
 */
public interface DBMaintenanceService {
    /**
     * Optimizes tables used in the database schema (reclaims deleted space and optimizes the indexes).
     *
     * @throws ZepException If the database cannot be optimized.
     */
    public void optimizeTables() throws ZepException;

    /**
     * Validates that the event_summary table in a valid state. If it detects an bad state, it will drop the
     * triggers on the table.
     *
     * @throws ZepException
     */
    public void validateEventSummaryState() throws ZepException;
}