DistributedMapCacheClient.java

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package org.apache.nifi.distributed.cache.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
import org.apache.nifi.controller.ControllerService;

/**
 * This interface defines an API that can be used for interacting with a
 * Distributed Cache that functions similarly to a {@link java.util.Map Map}.
 *
 */
@Tags({"distributed", "client", "cluster", "map", "cache"})
@CapabilityDescription("Provides the ability to communicate with a DistributedMapCacheServer. This allows "
        + "multiple nodes to coordinate state with a single remote entity.")
public interface DistributedMapCacheClient extends ControllerService {

    /**
     * Adds the specified key and value to the cache, if they are not already
     * present, serializing the key and value with the given
     * {@link Serializer}s.
     *
     * @param <K> type of key
     * @param <V> type of value
     * @param key the key for into the map
     * @param value the value to add to the map if and only if the key is absent
     * @param keySerializer key serializer
     * @param valueSerializer value serializer
     * @return true if the value was added to the cache, false if the value
     * already existed in the cache
     *
     * @throws IOException if unable to communicate with the remote instance
     */
    <K, V> boolean putIfAbsent(K key, V value, Serializer<K> keySerializer, Serializer<V> valueSerializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Adds the specified key and value to the cache, if they are not already
     * present, serializing the key and value with the given
     * {@link Serializer}s. If a value already exists in the cache for the given
     * key, the value associated with the key is returned, after being
     * deserialized with the given valueDeserializer.
     *
     * @param <K> type of key
     * @param <V> type of value
     * @param key key
     * @param value value
     * @param keySerializer key serializer
     * @param valueSerializer key serializer
     * @param valueDeserializer value deserializer
     * @return If a value already exists in the cache for the given
     * key, the value associated with the key is returned, after being
     * deserialized with the given valueDeserializer
     * @throws IOException ex
     */
    <K, V> V getAndPutIfAbsent(K key, V value, Serializer<K> keySerializer, Serializer<V> valueSerializer, Deserializer<V> valueDeserializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Determines if the given value is present in the cache and if so returns
     * <code>true</code>, else returns <code>false</code>
     *
     * @param <K> type of key
     * @param key key
     * @param keySerializer key serializer
     * @return Determines if the given value is present in the cache and if so returns
     * <code>true</code>, else returns <code>false</code>
     *
     * @throws IOException if unable to communicate with the remote instance
     */
    <K> boolean containsKey(K key, Serializer<K> keySerializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Adds the specified key and value to the cache, overwriting any value that is
     * currently set.
     *
     * @param <K> the key type
     * @param <V> the value type
     * @param key The key to set
     * @param value The value to associate with the given Key
     * @param keySerializer the Serializer that will be used to serialize the key into bytes
     * @param valueSerializer the Serializer that will be used to serialize the value into bytes
     *
     * @throws IOException if unable to communicate with the remote instance
     * @throws NullPointerException if the key or either serializer is null
     */
    <K, V> void put(K key, V value, Serializer<K> keySerializer, Serializer<V> valueSerializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the value in the cache for the given key, if one exists;
     * otherwise returns <code>null</code>
     *
     * @param <K> the key type
     * @param <V> the value type
     * @param key the key to lookup in the map
     * @param keySerializer key serializer
     * @param valueDeserializer value serializer
     *
     * @return the value in the cache for the given key, if one exists;
     * otherwise returns <code>null</code>
     * @throws IOException ex
     */
    <K, V> V get(K key, Serializer<K> keySerializer, Deserializer<V> valueDeserializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Attempts to notify the server that we are finished communicating with it
     * and cleans up resources
     *
     * @throws java.io.IOException ex
     */
    void close() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Removes the entry with the given key from the cache, if it is present.
     *
     * @param <K> type of key
     * @param key key
     * @param serializer serializer
     * @return <code>true</code> if the entry is removed, <code>false</code> if
     * the key did not exist in the cache
     * @throws IOException ex
     */
    <K> boolean remove(K key, Serializer<K> serializer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Removes entries whose keys match the specified pattern
     *
     * @param regex The regular expression / pattern on which to match the keys to be removed
     * @return The number of entries that were removed
     * @throws IOException if any error occurred while removing an entry
     */
    long removeByPattern(String regex) throws IOException;
}