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package org.apache.heron.streamlet;

/**
 * A Streamlet is a (potentially unbounded) ordered collection of tuples.
 * The StreamletBase class contains basic information of a Streamlet
 * such as name and partition count without the connection functions
 * such as map() and filter().
 */
public interface StreamletBase<R> {

  /**
   * Sets the name of the BaseStreamlet.
   * @param sName The name given by the user for this BaseStreamlet
   * @return Returns back the Streamlet with changed name
   */
  StreamletBase<R> setName(String sName);

  /**
   * Gets the name of the Streamlet.
   * @return Returns the name of the Streamlet
   */
  String getName();

  /**
   * Sets the number of partitions of the streamlet
   * @param numPartitions The user assigned number of partitions
   * @return Returns back the Streamlet with changed number of partitions
   */
  StreamletBase<R> setNumPartitions(int numPartitions);

  /**
   * Gets the number of partitions of this Streamlet.
   * @return the number of partitions of this Streamlet
   */
  int getNumPartitions();

  // This is the main interface that every Streamlet implementation should implement
  // The main tasks are generally to make sure that appropriate names/partitions are
  // computed and add a spout/bolt to the TopologyBuilder
  // void build(TopologyBuilder bldr, Set<String> stageNames);
}