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package org.apache.atlas.repository.audit;

import org.apache.atlas.AtlasException;
import org.apache.atlas.EntityAuditEvent;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface for repository for storing entity audit events
 */
public interface EntityAuditRepository {
    /**
     * Add events to the event repository
     * @param events events to be added
     * @throws AtlasException
     */
    void putEvents(EntityAuditEvent... events) throws AtlasException;

    /**
     * Add events to the event repository
     * @param events events to be added
     * @throws AtlasException
     */
    void putEvents(List<EntityAuditEvent> events) throws AtlasException;

    /**
     * List events for the given entity id in decreasing order of timestamp, from the given timestamp. Returns n results
     * @param entityId entity id
     * @param startKey key for the first event to be returned, used for pagination
     * @param n number of events to be returned
     * @return list of events
     * @throws AtlasException
     */
    List<EntityAuditEvent> listEvents(String entityId, String startKey, short n) throws AtlasException;
}