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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.BlockTokenSelector;
import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.VersionedProtocol;
import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenInfo;

/** An client-datanode protocol for block recovery
 */
@TokenInfo(BlockTokenSelector.class)
public interface ClientDatanodeProtocol extends VersionedProtocol {
  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ClientDatanodeProtocol.class);

  /**
   * 4: never return null and always return a newly generated access token
   */
  public static final long versionID = 4L;

  /** Start generation-stamp recovery for specified block
   * @param block the specified block
   * @param keepLength keep the block length
   * @param targets the list of possible locations of specified block
   * @return either a new generation stamp, or the original generation stamp. 
   * Regardless of whether a new generation stamp is returned, a newly 
   * generated access token is returned as part of the return value.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  LocatedBlock recoverBlock(Block block, boolean keepLength,
      DatanodeInfo[] targets) throws IOException;
}