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package com.hazelcast.cache.impl;

import com.hazelcast.cache.CacheEventType;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.Data;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.IdentifiedDataSerializable;

/**
 * Internal event data wrapper used during publishing and dispatching events.
 *
 * An event data is represented by
 * 
 * name
 * event type
 * key
 * value
 * old value, if available
 * availability of old data
 * 
 * All key values and old values are represented in serialized {@link Data} form.
 *
 * @see com.hazelcast.cache.impl.CacheService#publishEvent(String, CacheEventSet, int)
 * @see com.hazelcast.cache.impl.CacheService#dispatchEvent(Object, CacheEventListener)
 */
public interface CacheEventData
        extends IdentifiedDataSerializable {

    /**
     * Gets cache event type of this event data.
     * @return Cache event type.
     * @see CacheEventType
     */
    CacheEventType getCacheEventType();

    /**
     * Gets the name of the cache.
     * @return the name of the cache.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Gets cache entry key as {@link Data}.
     * @return key as {@link Data}.
     */
    Data getDataKey();

    /**
     * Gets cache entry value as {@link Data}.
     * @return value as {@link Data}.
     * */
    Data getDataValue();

    /**
     * Gets the old value of entry as {@link Data}, if available.
     * @return if available, old value of entry as {@link Data}, else null.
     */
    Data getDataOldValue();

    /**
     * Returns true if old value is available.
     * @return true of old value is available, else returns false.
     */
    boolean isOldValueAvailable();
}