samza-api/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/metadatastore/MetadataStore.java

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package org.apache.samza.metadatastore;

import org.apache.samza.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Store abstraction responsible for managing the metadata of a Samza job.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface MetadataStore {

  /**
   * Initializes the metadata store, if applicable, setting up the underlying resources
   * and connections to the store endpoints.
   */
  void init();

  /**
   * Gets the value associated with the specified {@code key}.
   *
   * @param key the key with which the associated value is to be fetched.
   * @return if found, the value associated with the specified {@code key}; otherwise, {@code null}.
   */
  byte[] get(byte[] key);

  /**
   * Updates the mapping of the specified key-value pair.
   *
   * @param key the key with which the specified {@code value} is to be associated.
   * @param value the value with which the specified {@code key} is to be associated.
   */
  void put(byte[] key, byte[] value);

  /**
   * Deletes the mapping for the specified {@code key} from this metadata store (if such mapping exists).
   *
   * @param key the key for which the mapping is to be deleted.
   */
  void delete(byte[] key);

  /**
   * Returns all the entries in this metadata store.
   *
   * @return all entries in this metadata store.
   */
  Map<byte[], byte[]> all();

  /**
   * Flushes the metadata store, if applicable.
   */
  void flush();

  /**
   * Closes the metadata store, if applicable, relinquishing all the underlying resources
   * and connections.
   */
  void close();
}