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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Entity;
import org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity.Group;
import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.Sensor;
import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.SensorEvent;
import org.apache.brooklyn.api.sensor.SensorEventListener;

/**
 * The management interface for subscriptions.
 * 
 * Different implementations will handle entities subscribing and unsubscribing to {@link SensorEvent}s
 * and their delivery.
 * 
 * @see SubscriptionContext
 */
public interface SubscriptionManager {
    /**
     * Subscribe to {@link Sensor} data changes and events on a given {@link Entity}, supplying the {@link SensorEventListener}
     * to invoke when they occur.
     * 
     * The method returns an id which can be used to {@link #unsubscribe(SubscriptionHandle)} later.
     * 
     * The listener callback is in-order single-threaded and synchronized on this object. The flags
     * parameters can include the following:
     * 

     * subscriber - object to identify the subscriber (e.g. entity, or console session uid) 
     * 
in future - control parameters for the subscription (period, minimum delta for updates, etc)
     * 
     * 
     * @param flags optional parameters to be associated with the subscription
     * @param producer entity to listen to, or null to listen to all entities
     * @param sensor sensor channel of events to listen to, or null for all sensors from the given producer(s)
     * @param listener callback to invoke when an event occurs
     * @return an id for this subscription
     * 
     * @see #unsubscribe(SubscriptionHandle)
     */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribe(Map flags, Entity producer, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);
 
    /** @see #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener) */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribe(Entity producer, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);

    /**
     * Subscribe to {@link Sensor} data changes and events on all children of a given {@link Entity}, supplying the
     * {@link SensorEventListener} to invoke when they occur.
     * 
     * The subscriptions will be created recursively for all children, and the same listener callback will be invoked for each
     * sensor datum. The semantics are otherwise identical to the {@link #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener)} method.
     *
     * @see #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener)
     */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribeToChildren(Map flags, Entity parent, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);
 
    /** @see #subscribeToChildren(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener) */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribeToChildren(Entity parent, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);

    /**
     * Subscribe to {@link Sensor} data changes and events on all members of a given {@link Group}, supplying the
     * {@link SensorEventListener} to invoke when they occur.
     * 
     * The subscriptions will be created recursively for all children, and the same listener callback will be invoked for each
     * sensor datum. The semantics are otherwise identical to the {@link #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener)} method.
     *
     * @see #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener)
     */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribeToMembers(Map flags, Group parent, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);
 
    /** @see #subscribeToMembers(Map, Group, Sensor, SensorEventListener) */
     SubscriptionHandle subscribeToMembers(Group parent, Sensor sensor, SensorEventListener listener);

    /**
     * Unsubscribe the given subscription id.
     * 
     * @return true if such a subscription was present (and it will now be removed)
     * 
     * @see #subscribe(Map, Entity, Sensor, SensorEventListener)
     */
    boolean unsubscribe(SubscriptionHandle subscriptionId);

    /**
     * Deliver a {@link SensorEvent} to all subscribed listeners.
     */
     void publish(SensorEvent event);

    /** Return the subscriptions requested by a given subscriber */
    Set getSubscriptionsForSubscriber(Object subscriber);
    
    /** Return the subscriptions on a given source-sensor pair */
    Set getSubscriptionsForEntitySensor(Entity source, Sensor sensor);
}