HeartbeatMonitor.java

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package org.apache.nifi.cluster.coordination.heartbeat;

import org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol.NodeIdentifier;

/**
 * A HeartbeatMonitor is responsible for monitoring some remote resource for heartbeats from each
 * node in a cluster and reacting to those heartbeats (or lack thereof).
 */
public interface HeartbeatMonitor {

    /**
     * Begin monitoring for heartbeats
     */
    void start();

    /**
     * Stop monitoring heartbeats
     */
    void stop();

    /**
     * Returns the latest heartbeat that has been obtained for the node with
     * the given id
     *
     * @param nodeId the id of the node whose heartbeat should be retrieved
     * @return the latest heartbeat that has been obtained for the node with
     *         the given id, or <code>null</code> if no heartbeat has been obtained
     */
    NodeHeartbeat getLatestHeartbeat(NodeIdentifier nodeId);

    /**
     * Removes the heartbeat for the given node from the monitor and the
     * remote location where heartbeats are sent
     *
     * @param nodeId the id of the node whose heartbeat should be removed
     */
    void removeHeartbeat(NodeIdentifier nodeId);

    /**
     * Clears all heartbeats that have been received
     */
    void purgeHeartbeats();

    /**
     * @return the address that heartbeats should be sent to when this node is elected coordinator.
     */
    String getHeartbeatAddress();
}