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package org.apache.kafka.common;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;

/**
 * This interface allows to define Formatters that can be used to parse and format records read by a
 *  Consumer instance for display.
 * The kafka-console-consumer has built-in support for MessageFormatter, via the --formatter flag.
 *
 * Kafka provides a few implementations to display records of internal topics such as __consumer_offsets,
 * __transaction_state and the MirrorMaker2 topics.
 *
 */
public interface MessageFormatter extends Configurable, Closeable {

    /**
     * Configures the MessageFormatter
     * @param configs Map to configure the formatter
     */
    default void configure(Map configs) {}

    /**
     * Parses and formats a record for display
     * @param consumerRecord the record to format
     * @param output the print stream used to output the record
     */
    void writeTo(ConsumerRecord consumerRecord, PrintStream output);

    /**
     * Closes the formatter
     */
    default void close() {}
}