helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/rebalancer/strategy/RebalanceStrategy.java

package org.apache.helix.controller.rebalancer.strategy;

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import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.helix.zookeeper.datamodel.ZNRecord;
import org.apache.helix.controller.dataproviders.BaseControllerDataProvider;

/**
 * Assignment strategy interface that computes the assignment of partition->instance.
 */
public interface RebalanceStrategy<T extends BaseControllerDataProvider> {
  String DEFAULT_REBALANCE_STRATEGY = "DEFAULT";

  /**
   * Perform the necessary initialization for the rebalance strategy object.
   *
   * @param resourceName
   * @param partitions
   * @param states
   * @param maximumPerNode
   */
  void init(String resourceName, final List<String> partitions,
      final LinkedHashMap<String, Integer> states, int maximumPerNode);

  /**
   * Compute the preference lists and (optional partition-state mapping) for the given resource.
   *
   * @param liveNodes
   * @param currentMapping
   * @param allNodes
   * @return
   */
  ZNRecord computePartitionAssignment(final List<String> allNodes, final List<String> liveNodes,
      final Map<String, Map<String, String>> currentMapping,
      T clusterData);
}