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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.List; 

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.HBaseProtos.ServerName;

/**
 * Abstraction that allows different modules in RegionServer to update/get
 * the favored nodes information for regions. 
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
interface FavoredNodesForRegion {
  /**
   * Used to update the favored nodes mapping when required.
   * @param encodedRegionName
   * @param favoredNodes
   */
  void updateRegionFavoredNodesMapping(String encodedRegionName, List<ServerName> favoredNodes);

  /**
   * Get the favored nodes mapping for this region. Used when the HDFS create API
   * is invoked to pass in favored nodes hints for new region files.
   * @param encodedRegionName
   * @return array containing the favored nodes' InetSocketAddresses
   */
  InetSocketAddress[] getFavoredNodesForRegion(String encodedRegionName);
}
