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package backtype.storm.grouping;

import backtype.storm.generated.GlobalStreamId;
import backtype.storm.task.WorkerTopologyContext;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

public interface CustomStreamGrouping extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Tells the stream grouping at runtime the tasks in the target bolt. This information should be used in chooseTasks to determine the target tasks.
     * 
     * It also tells the grouping the metadata on the stream this grouping will be used on.
     */
    void prepare(WorkerTopologyContext context, GlobalStreamId stream, List<Integer> targetTasks);

    /**
     * This function implements a custom stream grouping. It takes in as input the number of tasks in the target bolt in prepare and returns the tasks to send
     * the tuples to.
     * 
     * @param values the values to group on
     */
    List<Integer> chooseTasks(int taskId, List<Object> values);
}