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package org.apache.storm.spout;

import java.util.List;
import org.apache.storm.task.IErrorReporter;

/**
 * Methods are not expected to be thread safe. Each thread expected to have a separate instance of this type of object, or else externally
 * synchronize any shared instance.
 */

public interface ISpoutOutputCollector extends IErrorReporter {
    /**
     * Returns the task ids that received the tuples.
     */
    List<Integer> emit(String streamId, List<Object> tuple, Object messageId);

    void emitDirect(int taskId, String streamId, List<Object> tuple, Object messageId);

    long getPendingCount();

    void flush();
}