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package kafka.javaapi.producer.async;


import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import kafka.javaapi.producer.SyncProducer;
import kafka.producer.async.QueueItem;
import kafka.serializer.Encoder;

/**
 * Handler that dispatches the batched data from the queue of the
 * asynchronous producer.
 */
public interface EventHandler<T> {
    /**
     * Initializes the event handler using a Properties object
     * @param props the properties used to initialize the event handler
    */
    public void init(Properties props);

    /**
     * Callback to dispatch the batched data and send it to a Kafka server
     * @param events the data sent to the producer
     * @param producer the low-level producer used to send the data
    */
    public void handle(List<QueueItem<T>> events, SyncProducer producer, Encoder<T> encoder);

    /**
     * Cleans up and shuts down the event handler
    */
    public void close();
}