ChukwaSender.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.datacollection.sender;


/**
 * Encapsulates all of the communication overhead needed for chunks to be delivered
 * to a collector.
 */
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.Chunk;
import org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.datacollection.sender.ChukwaHttpSender.CommitListEntry;

public interface ChukwaSender {

  /**
   * 
   * @param chunksToSend a list of chunks to commit
   * @return the list of committed chunks
   * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while trying to send
   */
  public List<CommitListEntry> send(List<Chunk> chunksToSend)
      throws InterruptedException, java.io.IOException;

  public void setCollectors(Iterator<String> collectors);
  
  public void stop();

}