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/*
 * Copyright 2011 LMAX Ltd.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.lmax.disruptor;


/**
 * Strategy employed for making {@link EventProcessor}s wait on a cursor {@link Sequence}.
 */
public interface WaitStrategy
{
    /**
     * Wait for the given sequence to be available.  It is possible for this method to return a value
     * less than the sequence number supplied depending on the implementation of the WaitStrategy.  A common
     * use for this is to signal a timeout.  Any EventProcessor that is using a WaitStrategy to get notifications
     * about message becoming available should remember to handle this case.  The {@link BatchEventProcessor} explicitly
     * handles this case and will signal a timeout if required.
     *
     * @param sequence          to be waited on.
     * @param cursor            the main sequence from ringbuffer. Wait/notify strategies will
     *                          need this as it's the only sequence that is also notified upon update.
     * @param dependentSequence on which to wait.
     * @param barrier           the processor is waiting on.
     * @return the sequence that is available which may be greater than the requested sequence.
     * @throws AlertException       if the status of the Disruptor has changed.
     * @throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted.
     * @throws TimeoutException if a timeout occurs before waiting completes (not used by some strategies)
     */
    long waitFor(long sequence, Sequence cursor, Sequence dependentSequence, SequenceBarrier barrier)
        throws AlertException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException;

    /**
     * Implementations should signal the waiting {@link EventProcessor}s that the cursor has advanced.
     */
    void signalAllWhenBlocking();
}