samoa-api/src/main/java/com/yahoo/labs/samoa/topology/ProcessingItem.java

package com.yahoo.labs.samoa.topology;

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/**
 * Processing item interface.
 * 
 * @author severien
 * 
 */
public interface ProcessingItem extends IProcessingItem {

	/**
	 * Connects this processing item in a round robin fashion. The events will
	 * be distributed evenly between the instantiated processing items.
	 * 
	 * @param inputStream
	 *            Stream to connect this processing item.
	 * @return ProcessingItem
	 */
	public ProcessingItem connectInputShuffleStream(Stream inputStream);

	/**
	 * Connects this processing item taking the event key into account. Events
	 * will be routed to the processing item according to the modulus of its key
	 * and the paralellism level. Ex.: key = 5 and paralellism = 2, 5 mod 2 = 1.
	 * Processing item responsible for 1 will receive this event.
	 * 
	 * @param inputStream
	 *            Stream to connect this processing item.
	 * @return ProcessingItem
	 */
	public ProcessingItem connectInputKeyStream(Stream inputStream);

	/**
	 * Connects this processing item to the stream in a broadcast fashion. All
	 * processing items of this type will receive copy of the original event.
	 * 
	 * @param inputStream
	 *            Stream to connect this processing item.
	 * @return ProcessingItem
	 */
	public ProcessingItem connectInputAllStream(Stream inputStream);


	/**
	 * Gets processing item parallelism level.
	 * 
	 * @return int
	 */
	public int getParallelism();
}