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package org.apache.samza.system.descriptors;

import org.apache.samza.serializers.Serde;

/**
 * Interface for advanced {@code SystemDescriptor}s that constrain the type of returned {@code InputDescriptor}s to
 * their own {@code StreamExpander} function result types.
 *
 * @param <StreamExpanderType> type of the system level {@code StreamExpander} results
 */
public interface ExpandingInputDescriptorProvider<StreamExpanderType> {

  /**
   * Gets a {@link InputDescriptor} for an input stream on this system. The stream has the provided
   * stream level serde, and the default system level {@code StreamExpander}
   * <p>
   * The type of messages in the stream is the type of messages returned by the default system level
   * {@code StreamExpander}
   *
   * @param streamId id of the input stream
   * @param serde stream level serde to be propagated to expanded input streams
   * @return an {@link InputDescriptor} for the input stream
   */
  InputDescriptor<StreamExpanderType, ? extends InputDescriptor> getInputDescriptor(String streamId, Serde serde);
}