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package org.apache.samza.storage;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.samza.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.samza.config.Config;
import org.apache.samza.metrics.MetricsRegistry;


/**
 * A factory to build {@link SideInputsProcessor}s.
 *
 * Implementations should return a new instance for every invocation of
 * {@link #getSideInputsProcessor(Config, MetricsRegistry)}
 */
@FunctionalInterface
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface SideInputsProcessorFactory extends Serializable {
  /**
   * Creates a new instance of a {@link SideInputsProcessor}.
   *
   * @param config the configuration
   * @param metricsRegistry the metrics registry
   * @return an instance of {@link SideInputsProcessor}
   */
  SideInputsProcessor getSideInputsProcessor(Config config, MetricsRegistry metricsRegistry);
}