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package org.apereo.portal.events.aggr;
import org.apereo.portal.concurrency.locking.IClusterLockService;
/**
* Handles creation and maintenance of the date and time dimensions used when aggregating portal
* events
*/
public interface PortalEventDimensionPopulator {
/**
* Name of the lock to use with {@link IClusterLockService} to call {@link
* #doPopulateDimensions()}
*/
static final String DIMENSION_LOCK_NAME =
PortalEventDimensionPopulator.class.getName() + ".DIMENSION_LOCK";
/**
* @return true if {@link #doPopulateDimensions()} has been called and has completed
* successfully since the JVM was started
*/
boolean isCheckedDimensions();
/**
* Populates the {@link DateDimension} and {@link TimeDimension} data required by the event
* aggregation tools. <br>
* Note that this method MUST be called while the current thread & JVM owns the {@link
* #DIMENSION_LOCK_NAME} cluster wide lock via the {@link IClusterLockService}
*/
void doPopulateDimensions();
}