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package com.hazelcast.core;

import com.hazelcast.config.Config;
import com.hazelcast.config.ExecutorConfig;
import com.hazelcast.map.EntryProcessor;
import com.hazelcast.spi.ExecutionService;

/**
 * Allows off-loading the processing unit implementing this interface to the specified or default Executor.
 *
 * Currently supported in:
 * 
 *     {@link IMap#executeOnKey(Object, EntryProcessor)}
 *     {@link IMap#submitToKey(Object, EntryProcessor)} 
 *     {@link IMap#submitToKey(Object, EntryProcessor, ExecutionCallback)} 
 * 
 */
public interface Offloadable {

    /**
     * Constant meaning that there will be no off-loading if returned from the {@link #getExecutorName()} method.
     */
    String NO_OFFLOADING = "no-offloading";

    /**
     * Constant meaning that processing will be off-loaded to the default OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR executor.
     * if returned from the {@link #getExecutorName()} method.
     *
     * @see ExecutionService#OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR
     */
    String OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR = ExecutionService.OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR;

    /**
     * Returns the name of the executor to which the processing unit will be off-loaded.
     *
     * The return value equal to {@value OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR} indicates that the processing should off-loaded to the
     * default {@link ExecutionService#OFFLOADABLE_EXECUTOR}.
     *
     * The return value equal to {@value NO_OFFLOADING} indicates that the processing should not be off-loaded at all.
     * The processing will be executed as if the processing-unit didn't implement the {@link Offloadable} interface.
     *
     * Other return values will lookup the executor with the returned value which can be configured in the Hazelcast
     * configuration.
     *
     * @return the name of the executor to which the processing should be off-loaded.
     * @see ExecutorConfig
     * @see Config#addExecutorConfig(ExecutorConfig)
     */
    String getExecutorName();

}