src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/queue/impl/DistributionQueueDispatchingStrategy.java

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package org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.impl;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.sling.distribution.common.DistributionException;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging.DistributionPackage;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueueItemStatus;
import org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.spi.DistributionQueue;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ConsumerType;

/**
 * a {@link DistributionQueueDispatchingStrategy} implements an algorithm for dispatching
 * {@link DistributionPackage}s among the available queues.
 * <p/>
 * Usually a {@link DistributionPackage} will be dispatched to a single {@link DistributionQueue}
 * but it would also be possible to dispatch the same package to multiple queues, resulting in obtaining multiple states
 * (one for each queue) for a certain package.
 */
@ConsumerType
public interface DistributionQueueDispatchingStrategy {
    String DEFAULT_QUEUE_NAME = "default";

    /**
     * synchronously distribute a {@link DistributionPackage}
     * to one or more {@link DistributionQueue}s provided by the given {@link DistributionQueueProvider}
     *
     * @param distributionPackage a {@link DistributionPackage} to distribute
     * @param queueProvider       the {@link DistributionQueueProvider} used to provide the queues to be used for the given package
     * @return an {@link java.lang.Iterable} of {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueueItemStatus}s representing
     * the states of the {@link org.apache.sling.distribution.queue.DistributionQueueItem}s added to one or more {@link DistributionQueue}s
     * @throws DistributionException if any internal error happens during distribution
     */
    Iterable<DistributionQueueItemStatus> add(@NotNull DistributionPackage distributionPackage, @NotNull DistributionQueueProvider queueProvider) throws DistributionException;

    /**
     * Returns the queue names available for this strategy.
     *
     * @return a list of queue names
     */
    @NotNull
    List<String> getQueueNames();

}