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package org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.api;

import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier;

public interface RecordMetadata {
    /**
     * Return the topic name of the current input record; could be {@code null} if it is not
     * available.
     *
     *  For example, if this method is invoked within a @link Punctuator#punctuate(long)
     * punctuation callback}, or while processing a record that was forwarded by a punctuation
     * callback, the record won't have an associated topic.
     * Another example is
     * {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KTable#transformValues(ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier, String...)}
     * (and siblings), that do not always guarantee to provide a valid topic name, as they might be
     * executed "out-of-band" due to some internal optimizations applied by the Kafka Streams DSL.
     *
     * @return the topic name
     */
    String topic();

    /**
     * Return the partition id of the current input record; could be {@code -1} if it is not
     * available.
     *
     * 
 For example, if this method is invoked within a @link Punctuator#punctuate(long)
     * punctuation callback}, or while processing a record that was forwarded by a punctuation
     * callback, the record won't have an associated partition id.
     * Another example is
     * {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KTable#transformValues(ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier, String...)}
     * (and siblings), that do not always guarantee to provide a valid partition id, as they might be
     * executed "out-of-band" due to some internal optimizations applied by the Kafka Streams DSL.
     *
     * @return the partition id
     */
    int partition();

    /**
     * Return the offset of the current input record; could be {@code -1} if it is not
     * available.
     *
     *  For example, if this method is invoked within a @link Punctuator#punctuate(long)
     * punctuation callback}, or while processing a record that was forwarded by a punctuation
     * callback, the record won't have an associated offset.
     * Another example is
     * {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KTable#transformValues(ValueTransformerWithKeySupplier, String...)}
     * (and siblings), that do not always guarantee to provide a valid offset, as they might be
     * executed "out-of-band" due to some internal optimizations applied by the Kafka Streams DSL.
     *
     * @return the offset
     */
    long offset();
}