geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/Delta.java

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package org.apache.geode;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;


/**
 * This interface defines a contract between the application and GemFire that allows GemFire to
 * determine whether an application object contains a delta, allows GemFire to extract the delta
 * from an application object, and generate a new application object by applying a delta to an
 * existing application object. The difference in object state is contained in the
 * {@link DataOutput} and {@link DataInput} parameters.
 *
 * @since GemFire 6.1
 *
 */
public interface Delta {

  /**
   * Returns true if this object has pending changes it can write out as a delta.
   * Returns false if this object must be transmitted in its entirety.
   */
  boolean hasDelta();

  /**
   * This method is invoked on an application object at the delta sender, if GemFire determines the
   * presence of a delta by calling {@link Delta#hasDelta()} on the object. The delta is written to
   * the {@link DataOutput} object provided by GemFire.
   *
   * Any delta state should be reset in this method.
   *
   */
  void toDelta(DataOutput out) throws IOException;


  /**
   * This method is invoked on an existing application object when an update is received as a delta.
   * This method throws an {@link InvalidDeltaException} when the delta in the {@link DataInput}
   * cannot be applied to the object. GemFire automatically handles an {@link InvalidDeltaException}
   * by reattempting the update by sending the full application object.
   *
   */
  void fromDelta(DataInput in) throws IOException, InvalidDeltaException;
}