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package org.apache.geode.cache.asyncqueue;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.geode.cache.CacheCallback;

/**
 * A callback for events passing through the <code>AsyncEventQueue</code> to which this listener is
 * attached. Implementers of interface <code>AsyncEventListener</code> process batches of
 * <code>AsyncEvent</code> delivered by the corresponding <code>AsyncEventQueue</code>. <br>
 * A sample implementation of this interface is as follows: <br>
 * 
 * <pre>
 * public class MyEventListener implements AsyncEventListener {
 *
 *   public boolean processEvents(List<AsyncEvent> events) {
 *     for (Iterator i = events.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
 *       AsyncEvent event = (AsyncEvent) i.next();
 * 
 *       String originalRegionName = event.getRegion().getName();
 *       // For illustration purpose, use the event to update the duplicate of above region.
 *       final Region duplicateRegion =
 *           CacheHelper.getCache().getRegion(originalRegionName + "_DUP");
 * 
 *       final Object key = event.getKey();
 *       final Object value = event.getDeserializedValue();
 *       final Operation op = event.getOperation();
 * 
 *       if (op.isCreate()) {
 *         duplicateRegion.create(key, value);
 *       } else if (op.isUpdate()) {
 *         duplicateRegion.put(key, value);
 *       } else if (op.isDestroy()) {
 *         duplicateRegion.destroy(key);
 *       }
 * 
 *     }
 *     return true;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @since GemFire 7.0
 */
public interface AsyncEventListener extends CacheCallback {

  /**
   * Process the list of <code>AsyncEvent</code>s. This method will asynchronously be called when
   * events are queued to be processed. The size of the list will be up to batch size events where
   * batch size is defined in the <code>AsyncEventQueueFactory</code>.
   *
   * @param events The list of <code>AsyncEvent</code> to process
   *
   * @return boolean True represents whether the events were successfully processed, false
   *         otherwise.
   */
  public boolean processEvents(List<AsyncEvent> events);
}
