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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.cleaner;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Stoppable;

/**
 * General interface for cleaning files from a folder (generally an archive or
 * backup folder). These are chained via the {@link CleanerChore} to determine
 * if a given file should be deleted.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface FileCleanerDelegate extends Configurable, Stoppable {

  /**
   * Determines which of the given files are safe to delete
   * @param files files to check for deletion
   * @return files that are ok to delete according to this cleaner
   */
  Iterable<FileStatus> getDeletableFiles(Iterable<FileStatus> files);
}
