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package org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.concurrent.Future;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.concurrent.ScheduledExecutor;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.exceptions.RpcConnectionException;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
/**
* Interface for rpc services. An rpc service is used to start and connect to a {@link RpcEndpoint}.
* Connecting to a rpc server will return a {@link RpcGateway} which can be used to call remote
* procedures.
*/
public interface RpcService {
/**
* Return the hostname or host address under which the rpc service can be reached.
* If the rpc service cannot be contacted remotely, then it will return an empty string.
*
* @return Address of the rpc service or empty string if local rpc service
*/
String getAddress();
/**
* Connect to a remote rpc server under the provided address. Returns a rpc gateway which can
* be used to communicate with the rpc server. If the connection failed, then the returned
* future is failed with a {@link RpcConnectionException}.
*
* @param address Address of the remote rpc server
* @param clazz Class of the rpc gateway to return
* @param Type of the rpc gateway to return
* @return Future containing the rpc gateway or an {@link RpcConnectionException} if the
* connection attempt failed
*/
Future connect(String address, Class clazz);
/**
* Start a rpc server which forwards the remote procedure calls to the provided rpc endpoint.
*
* @param rpcEndpoint Rpc protocl to dispath the rpcs to
* @param Type of the rpc endpoint
* @param Type of the self rpc gateway associated with the rpc server
* @return Self gateway to dispatch remote procedure calls to oneself
*/
> C startServer(S rpcEndpoint);
/**
* Stop the underlying rpc server of the provided self gateway.
*
* @param selfGateway Self gateway describing the underlying rpc server
* @param Type of the rpc gateway
*/
void stopServer(C selfGateway);
/**
* Stop the rpc service shutting down all started rpc servers.
*/
void stopService();
/**
* Returns a future indicating when the RPC service has been shut down.
*
* @return Termination future
*/
Future getTerminationFuture();
/**
* Gets the executor, provided by this RPC service. This executor can be used for example for
* the {@code handleAsync(...)} or {@code thenAcceptAsync(...)} methods of futures.
*
* IMPORTANT: This executor does not isolate the method invocations against
* any concurrent invocations and is therefore not suitable to run completion methods of futures
* that modify state of an {@link RpcEndpoint}. For such operations, one needs to use the
* {@link RpcEndpoint#getMainThreadExecutor() MainThreadExecutionContext} of that
* {@code RpcEndpoint}.
*
* @return The execution context provided by the RPC service
*/
Executor getExecutor();
/**
* Gets a scheduled executor from the RPC service. This executor can be used to schedule
* tasks to be executed in the future.
*
*
IMPORTANT: This executor does not isolate the method invocations against
* any concurrent invocations and is therefore not suitable to run completion methods of futures
* that modify state of an {@link RpcEndpoint}. For such operations, one needs to use the
* {@link RpcEndpoint#getMainThreadExecutor() MainThreadExecutionContext} of that
* {@code RpcEndpoint}.
*
* @return The RPC service provided scheduled executor
*/
ScheduledExecutor getScheduledExecutor();
/**
* Execute the runnable in the execution context of this RPC Service, as returned by
* {@link #getExecutor()}, after a scheduled delay.
*
* @param runnable Runnable to be executed
* @param delay The delay after which the runnable will be executed
*/
ScheduledFuture scheduleRunnable(Runnable runnable, long delay, TimeUnit unit);
/**
* Execute the given runnable in the executor of the RPC service. This method can be used to run
* code outside of the main thread of a {@link RpcEndpoint}.
*
*
IMPORTANT: This executor does not isolate the method invocations against
* any concurrent invocations and is therefore not suitable to run completion methods of futures
* that modify state of an {@link RpcEndpoint}. For such operations, one needs to use the
* {@link RpcEndpoint#getMainThreadExecutor() MainThreadExecutionContext} of that
* {@code RpcEndpoint}.
*
* @param runnable to execute
*/
void execute(Runnable runnable);
/**
* Execute the given callable and return its result as a {@link Future}. This method can be used
* to run code outside of the main thread of a {@link RpcEndpoint}.
*
*
IMPORTANT: This executor does not isolate the method invocations against
* any concurrent invocations and is therefore not suitable to run completion methods of futures
* that modify state of an {@link RpcEndpoint}. For such operations, one needs to use the
* {@link RpcEndpoint#getMainThreadExecutor() MainThreadExecutionContext} of that
* {@code RpcEndpoint}.
*
* @param callable to execute
* @param is the return value type
* @return Future containing the callable's future result
*/
Future execute(Callable callable);
}