hazelcast-master/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/topic/ReliableMessageListener.java
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package com.hazelcast.topic;

/**
 * A {@link MessageListener} to better integrate with the reliable topic.
 * <p>
 * If a regular MessageListener is registered on a reliable topic, the message
 * listener works fine, but it can't do much more than listen to messages.
 * <p>
 * If a ReliableMessageListener is registered on a normal topic, only the
 * {@link MessageListener} methods will be called.
 *
 * <h1>Durable Subscription</h1>
 * The ReliableMessageListener allows you to control where you want to start
 * processing a message when the listener is registered. This makes it
 * possible to create a durable subscription by storing the sequence of the
 * last message and using this sequenceId as the sequenceId to start from.
 *
 * <h1>Exception handling</h1>
 * The ReliableMessageListener also gives the ability to deal with exceptions
 * using the {@link #isTerminal(Throwable)} method.
 * If a plain MessageListener is used, then it won't terminate on exceptions
 * and it will keep on running. But in some cases it is better to stop running.
 *
 * <h1>Global order</h1>
 * The ReliableMessageListener will always get all events in order (global
 * order). It will not get duplicates and there will only be gaps if it is
 * too slow. For more information see {@link #isLossTolerant()}.
 *
 * <h1>Delivery guarantees</h1>
 * Because the ReliableMessageListener controls which item it wants to
 * continue from upon restart, it is very easy to provide an at-least-once
 * or at-most-once delivery guarantee. The storeSequence is always called
 * before a message is processed; so it can be persisted on some non-volatile
 * storage. When the {@link #retrieveInitialSequence()} returns the stored
 * sequence, then an at-least-once delivery is implemented since the same
 * item is now being processed twice. To implement an at-most-once delivery
 * guarantee, add 1 to the stored sequence when the
 * {@link #retrieveInitialSequence()} is called.
 *
 * @param <E> topic event type
 */
public interface ReliableMessageListener<E> extends MessageListener<E> {

    /**
     * Retrieves the initial sequence from which this ReliableMessageListener
     * should start.
     * <p>
     * Return {@code -1} if there is no initial sequence and you want to start
     * from the next published message.
     * <p>
     * If you intend to create a durable subscriber so you continue from where
     * you stopped the previous time, load the previous sequence and add 1.
     * If you don't add one, then you will be receiving the same message twice.
     *
     * @return the initial sequence
     */
    long retrieveInitialSequence();

    /**
     * Informs the ReliableMessageListener that it should store the sequence.
     * This method is called before the message is processed. Can be used to
     * make a durable subscription.
     *
     * @param sequence the sequence
     */
    void storeSequence(long sequence);

    /**
     * Checks if this ReliableMessageListener is able to deal with message loss.
     * Even though the reliable topic promises to be reliable, it can be that a
     * MessageListener is too slow. Eventually the message won't be available
     * anymore.
     * <p>
     * If the ReliableMessageListener is not loss tolerant and the topic detects
     * that there are missing messages, it will terminate the
     * ReliableMessageListener.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the ReliableMessageListener is tolerant towards losing messages.
     */
    boolean isLossTolerant();

    /**
     * Checks if the ReliableMessageListener should be terminated based on an
     * exception thrown while calling {@link #onMessage(Message)}.
     *
     * @param failure the exception thrown while calling
     *                {@link #onMessage(Message)}.
     * @return {@code true} if the ReliableMessageListener should terminate itself,
     * {@code false} if it should keep on running.
     */
    boolean isTerminal(Throwable failure);
}
