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package eu.stratosphere.nephele.io;

import java.io.IOException;

import eu.stratosphere.core.io.IOReadableWritable;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.AbstractEvent;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.AbstractTaskEvent;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task.EventListener;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.io.channels.ChannelType;
import eu.stratosphere.nephele.jobgraph.JobID;

public interface Gate {

	/**
	 * Returns the index that has been assigned to the gate upon initialization.
	 * 
	 * @return the index that has been assigned to the gate upon initialization.
	 */
	int getIndex();

	/**
	 * Subscribes the listener object to receive events of the given type.
	 * 
	 * @param eventListener
	 *        the listener object to register
	 * @param eventType
	 *        the type of event to register the listener for
	 */
	void subscribeToEvent(EventListener eventListener, Class eventType);

	/**
	 * Removes the subscription for events of the given type for the listener object.
	 * 
	 * @param eventListener
	 *        the listener object to cancel the subscription for
	 * @param eventType
	 *        the type of the event to cancel the subscription for
	 */
	void unsubscribeFromEvent(EventListener eventListener, Class eventType);

	/**
	 * Publishes an event.
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 *        the event to be published
	 * @throws IOException
	 *         thrown if an error occurs while transmitting the event
	 * @throws InterruptedException
	 *         thrown if the thread is interrupted while waiting for the event to be published
	 */
	void publishEvent(AbstractEvent event) throws IOException, InterruptedException;

	/**
	 * Passes a received event on to the event notification manager so it cam ne dispatched.
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 *        the event to pass on to the notification manager
	 */
	void deliverEvent(AbstractTaskEvent event);

	/**
	 * Returns the ID of the job this gate belongs to.
	 * 
	 * @return the ID of the job this gate belongs to
	 */
	JobID getJobID();

	/**
	 * Returns the type of the input/output channels which are connected to this gate.
	 * 
	 * @return the type of input/output channels which are connected to this gate
	 */
	ChannelType getChannelType();

	/**
	 * Returns the ID of the gate.
	 * 
	 * @return the ID of the gate
	 */
	GateID getGateID();

	/**
	 * Releases the allocated resources (particularly buffer) of all channels attached to this gate. This method
	 * should only be called after the respected task has stopped running.
	 */
	void releaseAllChannelResources();

	/**
	 * Checks if the gate is closed. The gate is closed if all this associated channels are closed.
	 * 
	 * @return true if the gate is closed, false otherwise
	 * @throws IOException
	 *         thrown if any error occurred while closing the gate
	 * @throws InterruptedException
	 *         thrown if the gate is interrupted while waiting for this operation to complete
	 */
	boolean isClosed() throws IOException, InterruptedException;

	/**
	 * Checks if the considered gate is an input gate.
	 * 
	 * @return true if the considered gate is an input gate, false if it is an output gate
	 */
	boolean isInputGate();

	/**
	 * Sets the type of the input/output channels which are connected to this gate.
	 * 
	 * @param channelType
	 *        the type of input/output channels which are connected to this gate
	 */
	void setChannelType(ChannelType channelType);
}