/*
* Copyright 2017 LinkedIn Corp. All rights reserved.
*
* 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
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*/
package com.github.ambry.clustermap;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* A factory interface to get cluster agents such as {@link ClusterMap} and {@link ClusterParticipant}. Each type of
* agents should be constructed at most once, and only on demand.
*/
public interface ClusterAgentsFactory {
/**
* Construct and return the reference or return the reference to the previously constructed
* {@link ClusterMap}
*/
ClusterMap getClusterMap() throws IOException;
/**
* Construct and return the reference or return the reference to the previously constructed
* {@link ClusterParticipant}
*/
ClusterParticipant getClusterParticipant() throws IOException;
}