core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/DistributedPrimitiveCreator.java

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package org.onosproject.store.primitives;

import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicCounter;
import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicValue;
import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncConsistentMap;
import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncDistributedSet;
import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedQueue;
import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;

/**
 * Interface for entity that can create instances of different distributed primitives.
 */
public interface DistributedPrimitiveCreator {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code AsyncConsistentMap}.
     *
     * @param name map name
     * @param serializer serializer to use for serializing/deserializing map entries
     * @param <K> key type
     * @param <V> value type
     * @return map
     */
    <K, V> AsyncConsistentMap<K, V> newAsyncConsistentMap(String name, Serializer serializer);

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code AsyncAtomicCounter}.
     *
     * @param name counter name
     * @return counter
     */
    AsyncAtomicCounter newAsyncCounter(String name);

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code AsyncAtomicValue}.
     *
     * @param name value name
     * @param serializer serializer to use for serializing/deserializing value type
     * @param <V> value type
     * @return value
     */
    <V> AsyncAtomicValue<V> newAsyncAtomicValue(String name, Serializer serializer);

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code DistributedQueue}.
     *
     * @param name queue name
     * @param serializer serializer to use for serializing/deserializing queue entries
     * @param <E> queue entry type
     * @return queue
     */
    <E> DistributedQueue<E> newDistributedQueue(String name, Serializer serializer);

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code AsyncDistributedSet}.
     *
     * @param name set name
     * @param serializer serializer to use for serializing/deserializing set entries
     * @param <E> set entry type
     * @return set
     */
    <E> AsyncDistributedSet<E> newAsyncDistributedSet(String name, Serializer serializer);
}