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package org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A shuffler for shards whose primary goal is to balance load.
 */
public abstract class ShardShuffler {

    /**
     * Return a new seed.
     */
    public abstract int nextSeed();

    /**
     * Return a shuffled view over the list of shards. The behavior of this method must be deterministic: if the same list and the same seed
     * are provided twice, then the result needs to be the same.
     */
    public abstract List shuffle(List shards, int seed);

    /**
     * Equivalent to calling shuffle(shards, nextSeed()).
     */
    public List shuffle(List shards) {
        return shuffle(shards, nextSeed());
    }

}