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package com.mongodb.binding;

import com.mongodb.ReadPreference;
import com.mongodb.async.SingleResultCallback;

/**
 * An asynchronous factory of connection sources to servers that can be read from and that satisfy the specified read preference.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface AsyncReadBinding extends ReferenceCounted {
    /**
     * The read preference that all connection sources returned by this instance will satisfy.
     * @return the non-null read preference
     */
    ReadPreference getReadPreference();

    /**
     * Returns a connection source to a server that satisfies the specified read preference.
     * @param callback the to be passed the connection source
     */
    void getReadConnectionSource(SingleResultCallback<AsyncConnectionSource> callback);

    @Override
    AsyncReadBinding retain();
}