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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * A more restricted interface for HStore. Only gives the caller access to information
 * about store configuration/settings that cannot easily be obtained from XML config object.
 * Example user would be CompactionPolicy that doesn't need entire (H)Store, only this.
 * Add things here as needed.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface StoreConfigInformation {
  /**
   * @return Gets the Memstore flush size for the region that this store works with.
   */
  // TODO: Why is this in here?  It should be in Store and it should return the Store flush size,
  // not the Regions.  St.Ack
  long getMemstoreFlushSize();

  /**
   * @return Gets the cf-specific time-to-live for store files.
   */
  long getStoreFileTtl();

  /**
   * @return Gets the cf-specific compaction check frequency multiplier.
   *         The need for compaction (outside of normal checks during flush, open, etc.) will
   *         be ascertained every multiplier * HConstants.THREAD_WAKE_FREQUENCY milliseconds.
   */
  long getCompactionCheckMultiplier();

  /**
   * The number of files required before flushes for this store will be blocked.
   */
  long getBlockingFileCount();
}
