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package com.hazelcast.spi.discovery;

import com.hazelcast.config.properties.PropertyDefinition;
import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
import com.hazelcast.logging.ILogger;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The <tt>DiscoveryStrategyFactory</tt> is the entry point for strategy vendors. Every
 * {@link DiscoveryStrategy} should have its own factory building it. In rare cases (like
 * multiple version support or similar) one factory might return different provider
 * implementations based on certain criteria. It is also up to the <tt>DiscoveryStrategyFactory</tt>
 * to cache instances and return them in some kind of a Singleton-like fashion.
 * <p/>
 * The defined set of configuration properties describes the existing properties inside
 * of the Hazelcast configuration. It will be used for automatic conversion,
 * type-checking and validation before handing them to the {@link DiscoveryStrategy}.
 * This removes a lot of boilerplate from the provider vendor and provides some convenience as
 * well as guarantee to execute the expected configuration checks. The later is especially
 * important because there is no schema support for properties necessary or provided by the
 * provider plugins. Any kind of violation while verification of any type conversion error
 * as well as missing non-optional properties will throw an exception and prevent the node
 * from starting up.
 *
 * @since 3.6
 */
public interface DiscoveryStrategyFactory {

    /**
     * Returns the type of the {@link DiscoveryStrategy} itself.
     *
     * @return the type of the discovery strategy
     */
    Class<? extends DiscoveryStrategy> getDiscoveryStrategyType();

    /**
     * Instantiates a new instance of the {@link DiscoveryStrategy} with the given configuration
     * properties. The provided {@link HazelcastInstance} can be used to register instances in
     * a service registry whenever the discovery strategy is started.
     *
     * @param discoveryNode the current local <tt>DiscoveryNode</tt>, representing the local
     *                      connection information if running on a Hazelcast member, otherwise on
     *                      Hazelcast clients always <tt>null</tt>
     * @param logger        the logger instance
     * @param properties    the properties parsed from the configuration
     * @return a new instance of the discovery strategy
     */
    DiscoveryStrategy newDiscoveryStrategy(DiscoveryNode discoveryNode, ILogger logger, Map<String, Comparable> properties);

    /**
     * Returns a set of the expected configuration properties. These properties contain
     * information about the value type of the property, if it is required and a possible
     * validator to automatically test and convert values from the XML configuration.
     *
     * @return a set of expected configuration properties
     */
    Collection<PropertyDefinition> getConfigurationProperties();
}