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| package org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.gms.api; |
| |
| import java.util.Comparator; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * A MemberIdentifierFactory is provided when building a membership service. It must provide |
| * implementations of the MemberIdentifier interface for use as identifiers in the membership |
| * service. For Geode this implementation is InternalDistributedMember.<br> |
| * See {@link MembershipBuilder} - where you inject your factory into GMS |
| */ |
| public interface MemberIdentifierFactory { |
| /** |
| * Create a new identifier instance |
| */ |
| MemberIdentifier create(MemberData memberInfo); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a Comparator for the implementation of identifiers provided by this factory |
| */ |
| Comparator<MemberIdentifier> getComparator(); |
| } |
