core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/LeadershipAdminService.java

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package org.onosproject.cluster;

/**
 * Interface for administratively manipulating leadership assignments.
 */
public interface LeadershipAdminService {

    /**
     * Attempts to assign leadership for a topic to a specified node.
     * @param topic leadership topic
     * @param nodeId identifier of the node to be made leader
     * @return true is the transfer was successfully executed. This method returns {@code false}
     * if {@code nodeId} is not one of the candidates for for the topic.
     */
    boolean transferLeadership(String topic, NodeId nodeId);

    /**
     * Make a node to be the next leader by promoting it to top of candidate list.
     * @param topic leadership topic
     * @param nodeId identifier of node to be next leader
     * @return {@code true} if nodeId is now the top candidate. This method returns {@code false}
     * if {@code nodeId} is not one of the candidates for for the topic.
     */
    boolean promoteToTopOfCandidateList(String topic, NodeId nodeId);

    /**
     * Removes all active leadership registrations for a given node.
     * <p>
     * This method will also evict the node from leaderships that it currently owns.
     * @param nodeId node identifier
     */
    void unregister(NodeId nodeId);
}