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package org.ehcache.spi.loaderwriter;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.ehcache.spi.service.ServiceConfiguration;

ServiceConfiguration for the WriteBehindProvider. 
 The WriteBehindProvider provides write-behind services to a Cache. /**
 * {@link ServiceConfiguration} for the {@link WriteBehindProvider}.
 * <p>
 * The {@code WriteBehindProvider} provides write-behind services to a
 * {@link org.ehcache.Cache Cache}.
 */
public interface WriteBehindConfiguration extends ServiceConfiguration<WriteBehindProvider> {

  
The concurrency of the write behind engines queues.
Returns:
the write behind concurrency/**
   * The concurrency of the write behind engines queues.
   *
   * @return the write behind concurrency
   */
  int getConcurrency();

  
The maximum number of operations allowed on each write behind queue.

Only positive values are legal.
Returns:
the maximum queue size/**
   * The maximum number of operations allowed on each write behind queue.
   * <p>
   * Only positive values are legal.
   *
   * @return the maximum queue size
   */
  int getMaxQueueSize();

  
Returns the batching configuration or null if batching is not enabled. 
Returns:
the batching configuration/**
   * Returns the batching configuration or {@code null} if batching is not enabled.
   *
   * @return the batching configuration
   */
  BatchingConfiguration getBatchingConfiguration();

  
Returns the alias of the thread resource pool to use for write behind task execution.
Returns:
the thread pool alias/**
   * Returns the alias of the thread resource pool to use for write behind task execution.
   *
   * @return the thread pool alias
   */
  String getThreadPoolAlias();

  
The batching specific part of WriteBehindConfiguration. /**
   * The batching specific part of {@link WriteBehindConfiguration}.
   */
  interface BatchingConfiguration {

    
The recommended size of a batch of operations.

Only positive values are legal. A value of 1 indicates that no batching
should happen. Real batch size will be influenced by the write rate and
the max write delay.
Returns:
the batch size/**
     * The recommended size of a batch of operations.
     * <p>
     * Only positive values are legal. A value of 1 indicates that no batching
     * should happen. Real batch size will be influenced by the write rate and
     * the max write delay.
     *
     * @return the batch size
     */
    int getBatchSize();

    
The maximum time to wait before writing behind.
Returns:
the maximum write delay/**
     * The maximum time to wait before writing behind.
     *
     * @return the maximum write delay
     */
    long getMaxDelay();

    
The time unit for the maximum delay.
Returns:
Retrieves the unit for the maximum delay/**
     * The time unit for the maximum delay.
     *
     * @return Retrieves the unit for the maximum delay
     */
    TimeUnit getMaxDelayUnit();

    
Whether write operations can be coalesced.

Write coalescing ensure that operations within a batch for the same key
will be coalesced in to a single write operation.
Returns:
true if write coalescing enabled/**
     * Whether write operations can be coalesced.
     * <p>
     * Write coalescing ensure that operations within a batch for the same key
     * will be coalesced in to a single write operation.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if write coalescing enabled
     */
    boolean isCoalescing();
  }
}