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package org.apache.distributedlog;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.distributedlog.exceptions.InvalidEnvelopedEntryException;

/**
 * Write representation of a {@link Entry}.
 * It is a buffer of log record set, used for transmission.
 */
interface EntryBuffer extends TransmitListener {

    /**
     * Return if this record set contains user records.
     *
     * @return true if this record set contains user records, otherwise
     * return false.
     */
    boolean hasUserRecords();

    /**
     * Return number of records in current record set.
     *
     * @return number of records in current record set.
     */
    int getNumRecords();

    /**
     * Return number of bytes in current record set.
     *
     * @return number of bytes in current record set.
     */
    int getNumBytes();

    /**
     * Return max tx id in current record set.
     *
     * @return max tx id.
     */
    long getMaxTxId();

    /**
     * Get the buffer to transmit.
     *
     * <p>The caller is responsible for releasing the reference of the returned bytebuf object.
     *
     * @return the buffer to transmit.
     * @throws InvalidEnvelopedEntryException if the record set buffer is invalid
     * @throws IOException when encountered IOException during serialization
     */
    ByteBuf getBuffer() throws InvalidEnvelopedEntryException, IOException;

}