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package audit

import (
	auditinternal "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/audit"
)

type Sink interface {
	// ProcessEvents handles events. Per audit ID it might be that ProcessEvents is called up to three times.
	// Errors might be logged by the sink itself. If an error should be fatal, leading to an internal
	// error, ProcessEvents is supposed to panic. The event must not be mutated and is reused by the caller
	// after the call returns, i.e. the sink has to make a deepcopy to keep a copy around if necessary.
	// Returns true on success, may return false on error.
	ProcessEvents(events ...*auditinternal.Event) bool
}

type Backend interface {
	Sink

	// Run will initialize the backend. It must not block, but may run go routines in the background. If
	// stopCh is closed, it is supposed to stop them. Run will be called before the first call to ProcessEvents.
	Run(stopCh <-chan struct{}) error

	// Shutdown will synchronously shut down the backend while making sure that all pending
	// events are delivered. It can be assumed that this method is called after
	// the stopCh channel passed to the Run method has been closed.
	Shutdown()

	// Returns the backend PluginName.
	String() string
}