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package org.apache.flink.runtime.checkpoint;

import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.JobStatus;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A bounded LIFO-queue of {@link CompletedCheckpoint} instances.
 */
public interface CompletedCheckpointStore {

	/**
	 * Recover available {@link CompletedCheckpoint} instances.
	 *
	 * After a call to this method, {@link #getLatestCheckpoint()} returns the latest
	 * available checkpoint.
	 */
	void recover() throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Adds a {@link CompletedCheckpoint} instance to the list of completed checkpoints.
	 *
	 * 
Only a bounded number of checkpoints is kept. When exceeding the maximum number of
	 * retained checkpoints, the oldest one will be discarded.
	 */
	void addCheckpoint(CompletedCheckpoint checkpoint) throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Returns the latest {@link CompletedCheckpoint} instance or null if none was
	 * added.
	 */
	CompletedCheckpoint getLatestCheckpoint() throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Shuts down the store.
	 *
	 * 
The job status is forwarded and used to decide whether state should
	 * actually be discarded or kept.
	 *
	 * @param jobStatus Job state on shut down
	 */
	void shutdown(JobStatus jobStatus) throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Returns all {@link CompletedCheckpoint} instances.
	 *
	 * Returns an empty list if no checkpoint has been added yet.
	 */
	List getAllCheckpoints() throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Returns the current number of retained checkpoints.
	 */
	int getNumberOfRetainedCheckpoints();

	/**
	 * Returns the max number of retained checkpoints.
	 */
	int getMaxNumberOfRetainedCheckpoints();

	/**
	 * This method returns whether the completed checkpoint store requires checkpoints to be
	 * externalized. Externalized checkpoints have their meta data persisted, which the checkpoint
	 * store can exploit (for example by simply pointing the persisted metadata).
	 * 
	 * @return True, if the store requires that checkpoints are externalized before being added, false
	 *         if the store stores the metadata itself.
	 */
	boolean requiresExternalizedCheckpoints();
}