src/main/java/org/apache/giraph/graph/partition/PartitionOwner.java

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package org.apache.giraph.graph.partition;

import org.apache.giraph.graph.WorkerInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * Metadata about ownership of a partition.
 */
public interface PartitionOwner extends Writable {
    /**
     * Get the partition id that maps to the relevant {@link Partition} object
     *
     * @return Partition id
     */
    int getPartitionId();

    /**
     * Get the worker information that is currently responsible for
     * the partition id.
     *
     * @return Owning worker information.
     */
    WorkerInfo getWorkerInfo();

    /**
     * Set the current worker info.
     *
     * @param workerInfo Worker info responsible for partition
     */
    void setWorkerInfo(WorkerInfo workerInfo);

    /**
     * Get the worker information that was previously responsible for the
     * partition id.
     *
     * @return Owning worker information or null if no previous worker info.
     */
    WorkerInfo getPreviousWorkerInfo();

    /**
     * Set the previous worker info.
     *
     * @param workerInfo Worker info that was previously responsible for the
     *        partition.
     */
    void setPreviousWorkerInfo(WorkerInfo workerInfo);

    /**
     * If this is a restarted checkpoint, the worker will use this information
     * to determine where the checkpointed partition was stored on HDFS.
     *
     * @return Prefix of the checkpoint HDFS files for this partition, null if
     *         this is not a restarted superstep.
     */
    String getCheckpointFilesPrefix();

    /**
     * Set the checkpoint files prefix.  Master uses this.
     *
     * @param checkpointFilesPrefix HDFS checkpoint file prefix
     */
    void setCheckpointFilesPrefix(String checkpointFilesPrefix);
}