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package org.apache.geode.cache.execute;

import org.apache.geode.cache.Cache;

/**
 * Defines the execution context of a {@link Function}. It is required by the
 * {@link Function#execute(FunctionContext)} to execute a {@link Function} on a particular member.
 * <p>
 * A context can be data dependent or data independent. For data dependent functions refer to
 * {@link RegionFunctionContext}
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This interface is implemented by GemFire. Instances of it will be passed in to
 * {@link Function#execute(FunctionContext)}.
 *
 * @since GemFire 6.0
 *
 * @see RegionFunctionContext
 *
 */
public interface FunctionContext<T1> {
  /**
   * Returns the arguments provided to this function execution. These are the arguments specified by
   * the caller using {@link Execution#setArguments(Object)}
   * 
   * @return the arguments or null if there are no arguments
   * @since GemFire 6.0
   */
  public T1 getArguments();

  /**
   * Returns the identifier of the function.
   * 
   * @return a unique identifier
   * @see Function#getId()
   * @since GemFire 6.0
   */
  public String getFunctionId();

  /**
   * Returns the ResultSender which is used to add the ability for an execute method to send a
   * single result back, or break its result into multiple pieces and send each piece back to the
   * calling thread's ResultCollector.
   *
   * The returned ResultSender is only valid for the duration of the function call. If the Function
   * needs to return a result, the result should be sent before the function exits.
   * 
   * @return ResultSender
   * @since GemFire 6.0
   */

  public <T2> ResultSender<T2> getResultSender();

  /**
   * Returns a boolean to identify whether this is a re-execute. Returns true if it is a re-execute
   * else returns false
   * 
   * @return a boolean (true) to identify whether it is a re-execute (else false)
   * 
   * @since GemFire 6.5
   * @see Function#isHA()
   */
  public boolean isPossibleDuplicate();

  public Cache getCache();
}
