/**
* Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.impl.MessageIdImpl;
/**
* Opaque unique identifier of a single message
*
* The MessageId can be used to reference a specific message, for example when acknowledging, without having to retain
* the message content in memory for an extended period of time.
*
*
*/
public interface MessageId {
/**
* Serialize the message ID into a byte array
*/
byte[] toByteArray();
/**
* De-serialize a message id from a byte array
*
* @param data
* byte array containing the serialized message id
* @return the de-serialized messageId object
*/
public static MessageId fromByteArray(byte[] data) throws IOException {
return MessageIdImpl.fromByteArray(data);
}
public static final MessageId earliest = new MessageIdImpl(-1, -1, -1);
public static final MessageId latest = new MessageIdImpl(Long.MAX_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE, -1);
}