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package org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.window;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * This interface is for storing data for session windowed streams.
 *
 * @param <K> The key type
 * @param <V> The value type
 *
 * @since 3.5.0
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface SessionWindowedStorage<K, V> extends WindowedKeyedStorage<K, V>
{
  /**
   * Given the key, the timestamp and the gap, gets the data that falls into timestamp +/- gap.
   * This is used for getting the entry the data given the timestamp belongs to, and for determining whether to merge
   * session windows.
   * This should only return at most two entries if sessions have been merged appropriately.
   *
   * @param key the key
   * @param timestamp the timestamp
   * @param gap
   * @return
   */
  Collection<Map.Entry<Window.SessionWindow<K>, V>> getSessionEntries(K key, long timestamp, long gap);
}