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package org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.state;

import java.util.concurrent.Future;

import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;

import com.datatorrent.netlet.util.Slice;

/**
 * A state where keys are grouped in buckets.
 *
 * @since 3.4.0
 */
public interface BucketedState
{
  /**
   * An expired value. In some implementations where bucketId is time related then the event can be old and
   * the get methods- getSync & getAsync return this fixed slice instance.

   * In the usages, comparisons with EXPIRED should be made using == instead of equals.
   */
  Slice EXPIRED = new Slice(null, -1, -1);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the key in bucket identified by bucketId.
   *
   * @param bucketId identifier of the bucket.
   * @param key      key (not null)
   * @param value    value (not null)
   */
  void put(long bucketId, @NotNull Slice key, @NotNull Slice value);

  /**
   * Returns the value of the key in a bucket identified by bucketId. Fetching a key can be expensive if the key
   * is not in memory and is present on disk. This fetches the key synchronously. 

   * {@link #getAsync(long, Slice)} is recommended for efficiently reading the value of a key.
   *
   * @param bucketId identifier of the bucket.
   * @param key     key (not null)
   *
   * @return value of the key if found; null if the key is not found;
   * {@link #EXPIRED} if the bucketId is time based and very old.
   */
  Slice getSync(long bucketId, @NotNull Slice key);

  /**
   * Returns the future using which the value is obtained.

   *
   * @param key key (not null)
   *
   * @return value of the key if found; null if the key is not found;
   * {@link #EXPIRED} if the bucketId is time based and very old.
   */
  Future getAsync(long bucketId, @NotNull Slice key);

}