| /* |
| * Copyright 2009-2010 Rickard Öberg AB |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package org.qi4j.library.eventsourcing.application.source; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import org.qi4j.io.Input; |
| import org.qi4j.library.eventsourcing.application.api.TransactionApplicationEvents; |
| |
| /** |
| * An ApplicationEventSource is a source of application events that can be pulled in chunks. Events are grouped in the transactions in which they were created. |
| */ |
| public interface ApplicationEventSource |
| { |
| /** |
| * Get list of event transactions after the given timestamp. |
| * <p> |
| * If they are on the exact same timestamp, they will not be included. |
| * <p> |
| * The method uses the visitor pattern, so a visitor is sent in which is given each transaction, one at a time. |
| * |
| * @param afterTimestamp timestamp of transactions |
| * @param maxTransactions maximum transactions |
| * @return list of event transactions |
| */ |
| Input<TransactionApplicationEvents, IOException> transactionsAfter( long afterTimestamp, long maxTransactions ); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get list of event transactions before the given timestamp. |
| * <p> |
| * If they are on the exact same timestamp, they will not be included. |
| * <p> |
| * The method uses the visitor pattern, so a visitor is sent in which is given each transaction, one at a time. |
| * <p> |
| * The transactions are sent to the visitor with the latest transaction first, i.e. walking backwards in the stream. |
| * |
| * @param beforeTimestamp timestamp of transactions |
| * @param maxTransactions maximum transactions |
| * @return list of event transactions |
| */ |
| Input<TransactionApplicationEvents, IOException> transactionsBefore( long beforeTimestamp, long maxTransactions ); |
| } |