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package org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership;

/**
 * A QuorumChecker is created after a forced-disconnect in order to probe the network to see if
 * there is a quorum of members that can be contacted.
 * 
 *
 */
public interface QuorumChecker {

  /**
   * Check to see if a quorum of the old members are reachable
   * 
   * @param timeoutMS time to wait for responses, in milliseconds
   */
  public boolean checkForQuorum(long timeoutMS) throws InterruptedException;

  /**
   * suspends the quorum checker for an attempt to connect to the distributed system
   */
  public void suspend();

  /**
   * resumes the quorum checker after having invoked suspend();
   */
  public void resume();

  /**
   * closes the quorum checker and releases resources. Use this if the distributed system is not
   * going to be reconnected and you want to release resources.
   */
  public void close();

  /**
   * Get the membership info from the old system that needs to be passed to the one that is
   * reconnecting.
   */
  public Object getMembershipInfo();

  /**
   * Returns the membership view that is being used to establish a quorum
   */
  public NetView getView();
}
