src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/agent/DistributionAgent.java

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package org.apache.sling.distribution.agent;

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceResolver;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionResponse;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueue;

/**
 * A distribution agent is responsible for handling {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest}s.
 * <p/>
 * This means executing actions of e.g.: a specific {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequestType}s on
 * specific path(s) which will resume pulling resources from a certain Sling instance and / or pushing resources to
 * other instances.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface DistributionAgent {

    /**
     * retrieves the names of the queues for this agent.
     *
     * @return the list of queue names
     */
    @Nonnull
    Iterable<String> getQueueNames();

    /**
     * get the agent queue with the given name
     *
     * @param name a queue name
     * @return a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueue} with the given name bound to this agent, if it exists,
     * {@code null} otherwise
     * @throws DistributionAgentException if an error occurs in retrieving the queue
     */
    @CheckForNull
    DistributionQueue getQueue(@Nonnull String name) throws DistributionAgentException;

    /**
     * Perform a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequest} to distribute content from a source
     * instance to a target instance.
     * The content to be sent will be assembled according to the information contained in the request.
     * A {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionResponse} holding the {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionRequestState}
     * of the provided request will be returned.
     * Synchronous {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.agent.DistributionAgent}s will usually block until the execution has finished
     * while asynchronous agents will usually return the response as soon as the content to be distributed has been assembled
     * and scheduled for distribution.
     *
     * @param distributionRequest the distribution request
     * @param resourceResolver    the resource resolver used for authorizing the request,
     * @return a {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.communication.DistributionResponse}
     * @throws DistributionAgentException if any error happens during the execution of the request or if the authentication fails
     */
    @Nonnull
    DistributionResponse execute(@Nonnull ResourceResolver resourceResolver, @Nonnull DistributionRequest distributionRequest) throws DistributionAgentException;

}