cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/triggers/ITrigger.java
package org.apache.cassandra.triggers;
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import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.Mutation;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.partitions.Partition;

/**
 * Trigger interface, For every partition update received by the coordinator {@link #augment(Partition)}
 * is called.<p>
 *
 * <b> Contract:</b><br>
 * 1) Implementation of this interface should only have a constructor without parameters <br>
 * 2) ITrigger implementation can be instantiated multiple times during the server life time.
 *      (Depends on the number of times trigger folder is updated.)<br>
 * 3) ITrigger implementation should be state-less (avoid dependency on instance variables).<br>
 *
 * <br><b>The API is still beta and can change.</b>
 */
public interface ITrigger
{
    /**
     * Called exactly once per CF update, returned mutations are atomically updated.
     *
     * @param update - update received for the CF
     * @return additional modifications to be applied along with the supplied update
     */
    public Collection<Mutation> augment(Partition update);
}
