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package org.wso2.siddhi.core.util.snapshot;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Parent interface which should be implemented by every processing elements of Siddhi event processing chain so
* that they can save the current state and poll for previous state in case of an issue.
*/
public interface Snapshotable {
/**
* Used to collect the serializable state of the processing element, that need to be
* persisted for the reconstructing the element to the same state on a different point of time
*
* @return stateful objects of the processing element as an array
*/
Map<String, Object> currentState();
/**
* Used to restore serialized state of the processing element, for reconstructing
* the element to the same state as if was on a previous point of time.
*
* @param state the stateful objects of the element as an array on
* the same order provided by currentState().
*/
void restoreState(Map<String, Object> state);
String getElementId();
}