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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.ReplicaState;

/** 
 * This represents block replicas which are stored in DataNode.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface Replica {
  /** Get the block ID  */
  public long getBlockId();

  /** Get the generation stamp */
  public long getGenerationStamp();

  /**
   * Get the replica state
   * @return the replica state
   */
  public ReplicaState getState();

  /**
   * Get the number of bytes received
   * @return the number of bytes that have been received
   */
  public long getNumBytes();
  
  /**
   * Get the number of bytes that have written to disk
   * @return the number of bytes that have written to disk
   */
  public long getBytesOnDisk();

  /**
   * Get the number of bytes that are visible to readers
   * @return the number of bytes that are visible to readers
   */
  public long getVisibleLength();
}