modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/IgniteSnapshot.java

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package org.apache.ignite;

import org.apache.ignite.lang.IgniteFuture;

/**
 * This interface provides functionality for creating cluster-wide cache data snapshots.
 * <p>
 * Current limitations:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Snapshot will trigger PME (partition map exchange) to run itself.</li>
 * <li>Snapshot will be taken from all registered persistence caches to
 * grantee data consistency between them.</li>
 * <li>Snapshot must be resorted manually on the switched off cluster by copying data
 * to the working directory on each cluster node.</li>
 * </ul>
 */
public interface IgniteSnapshot {
    /**
     * Create a consistent copy of all persistence cache groups from the whole cluster.
     *
     * @param name Snapshot unique name which satisfies the following name pattern [a-zA-Z0-9_].
     * @return Future which will be completed when a process ends.
     */
    public IgniteFuture<Void> createSnapshot(String name);
}