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package com.hazelcast.spi;

/**
 * Services which need to perform operations on a joining member just before the member is set as joined must implement
 * this interface. These operations are executed on the joining member before it is set as joined, in contrast to
 * {@link PostJoinAwareService#getPostJoinOperation()}s which are executed on the joining member after it is set as joined.
 * The practical outcome is that pre-join operations are already executed before the {@link com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance}
 * is returned to the caller, while post-join operations may be still executing.
 *
 * @since 3.9
 */
public interface PreJoinAwareService {

    /**
     * An operation to be executed on the joining member before it is set as joined. As is the case with
     * {@link PostJoinAwareService#getPostJoinOperation()}s, no partition locks, no key-based locks, no service level
     * locks, no database interaction are allowed. Additionally, a pre-join operation is executed while the cluster
     * lock is being held on the joining member, so it is important that the operation finishes quickly and does not
     * interact with other locks.
     *
     * The {@link Operation#getPartitionId()} method should return a negative value.
     * This means that the operations should not implement {@link PartitionAwareOperation}.
     * 
     * Pre join operations should return response, which may also be a {@code null} response.
     *
     * @return an operation to be executed on joining member before it is set as joined. Can be {@code null}.
     */
    Operation getPreJoinOperation();
}