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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ClusterStatus;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;

/**
 * Makes decisions about the placement and movement of Regions across
 * RegionServers.
 *
 * <p>Cluster-wide load balancing will occur only when there are no regions in
 * transition and according to a fixed period of a time using {@link #balanceCluster(Map)}.
 *
 * <p>Inline region placement with {@link #immediateAssignment} can be used when
 * the Master needs to handle closed regions that it currently does not have
 * a destination set for.  This can happen during master failover.
 *
 * <p>On cluster startup, bulk assignment can be used to determine
 * locations for all Regions in a cluster.
 *
 * <p>This classes produces plans for the {@link AssignmentManager} to execute.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
public interface LoadBalancer extends Configurable {

  /**
   * Set the current cluster status.  This allows a LoadBalancer to map host name to a server
   * @param st
   */
  public void setClusterStatus(ClusterStatus st);


  /**
   * Set the master service.
   * @param masterServices
   */
  public void setMasterServices(MasterServices masterServices);

  /**
   * Perform the major balance operation
   * @param clusterState
   * @return List of plans
   */
  public List<RegionPlan> balanceCluster(Map<ServerName, List<HRegionInfo>> clusterState);

  /**
   * Perform a Round Robin assignment of regions.
   * @param regions
   * @param servers
   * @return Map of servername to regioninfos
   */
  public Map<ServerName, List<HRegionInfo>> roundRobinAssignment(List<HRegionInfo> regions, List<ServerName> servers);

  /**
   * Assign regions to the previously hosting region server
   * @param regions
   * @param servers
   * @return List of plans
   */
  public Map<ServerName, List<HRegionInfo>> retainAssignment(Map<HRegionInfo, ServerName> regions, List<ServerName> servers);

  /**
   * Sync assign a region
   * @param regions
   * @param servers
    * @return Map regioninfos to servernames
   */
  public Map<HRegionInfo, ServerName> immediateAssignment(List<HRegionInfo> regions, List<ServerName> servers);

  /**
   * Get a random region server from the list
   * @param regionInfo Region for which this selection is being done.
   * @param servers
   * @return Servername
   */
  public ServerName randomAssignment(HRegionInfo regionInfo, 
		  List<ServerName> servers);
}