MorphlineHandler.java

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package org.apache.flume.sink.solr.morphline;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.flume.Event;
import org.apache.flume.conf.Configurable;

/**
 * Interface to load Flume events into Solr
 */
public interface MorphlineHandler extends Configurable {

  /** Begins a transaction */
  public void beginTransaction();

  /** Loads the given event into Solr */
  public void process(Event event);

  /**
   * Sends any outstanding documents to Solr and waits for a positive
   * or negative ack (i.e. exception). Depending on the outcome the caller
   * should then commit or rollback the current flume transaction
   * correspondingly.
   * 
   * @throws IOException
   *           If there is a low-level I/O error.
   */
  public void commitTransaction();

  /**
   * Performs a rollback of all non-committed documents pending.
   * <p>
   * Note that this is not a true rollback as in databases. Content you have previously added to
   * Solr may have already been committed due to autoCommit, buffer full, other client performing a
   * commit etc. So this is only a best-effort rollback.
   * 
   * @throws IOException
   *           If there is a low-level I/O error.
   */
  public void rollbackTransaction();

  /** Releases allocated resources */
  public void stop();


}