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package org.apache.geode.experimental.driver;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This interface represents from the client-side the execution of a function on the server-side.
 *
 * @param <T> Type of result returned from the function. May differ from the key and value types
 *        of any involved regions.
 */
public interface Function<T> {
  /**
   * Executes this function with the specified arguments on the specified region.
   * Keys may be optionally filtered.
   *
   * @param arguments Object encapsulating all the arguments to this execution of the function.
   * @param regionName Name of the region.
   * @param keyFilters Optional list of keys.
   * @return Possibly empty list of results from the function.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurred communicating with the distributed system.
   */
  List<T> executeOnRegion(Object arguments, String regionName, Object... keyFilters)
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * Executes this function with the specified arguments on the specified members.
   *
   * @param arguments Object encapsulating all the arguments to this execution of the function.
   * @param members Optional list of member names.
   * @return Possibly empty list of results from the function.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurred communicating with the distributed system.
   */
  List<T> executeOnMember(Object arguments, String... members) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Executes this function with the specified arguments on the specified groups.
   *
   * @param arguments Object encapsulating all the arguments to this execution of the function.
   * @param groups Optional list of group names.
   * @return Possibly empty list of results from the function.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurred communicating with the distributed system.
   */
  List<T> executeOnGroup(Object arguments, String... groups) throws IOException;
}