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package org.apache.hadoop.hdds.server.events;

/**
 * Executors defined the  way how an EventHandler should be called.
 * <p>
 * Executors are used only by the EventQueue and they do the thread separation
 * between the caller and the EventHandler.
 * <p>
 * Executors should guarantee that only one thread is executing one
 * EventHandler at the same time.
 *
 * @param <PAYLOAD> the payload type of the event.
 */
public interface EventExecutor<PAYLOAD> extends AutoCloseable {

  /**
   * Process an event payload.
   *
   * @param handler      the handler to process the payload
   * @param eventPayload to be processed.
   * @param publisher    to send response/other message forward to the chain.
   */
  void onMessage(EventHandler<PAYLOAD> handler,
      PAYLOAD eventPayload,
      EventPublisher
          publisher);

  /**
   * Return the number of the failed events.
   */
  long failedEvents();


  /**
   * Return the number of the processed events.
   */
  long successfulEvents();

  /**
   * Return the number of the not-yet processed events.
   */
  long queuedEvents();

  /**
   * The human readable name for the event executor.
   * <p>
   * Used in monitoring and logging.
   *
   */
  String getName();
}