cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/IFailureDetector.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.gms;

import org.apache.cassandra.locator.InetAddressAndPort;

/**
 * An interface that provides an application with the ability
 * to query liveness information of a node in the cluster. It
 * also exposes methods which help an application register callbacks
 * for notifications of liveness information of nodes.
 */

public interface IFailureDetector
{
    /**
     * Failure Detector's knowledge of whether a node is up or
     * down.
     *
     * @param ep endpoint in question.
     * @return true if UP and false if DOWN.
     */
    public boolean isAlive(InetAddressAndPort ep);

    /**
     * This method is invoked by any entity wanting to interrogate the status of an endpoint.
     * In our case it would be the Gossiper. The Failure Detector will then calculate Phi and
     * deem an endpoint as suspicious or alive as explained in the Hayashibara paper.
     *
     * param ep endpoint for which we interpret the inter arrival times.
     */
    public void interpret(InetAddressAndPort ep);

    /**
     * This method is invoked by the receiver of the heartbeat. In our case it would be
     * the Gossiper. Gossiper inform the Failure Detector on receipt of a heartbeat. The
     * FailureDetector will then sample the arrival time as explained in the paper.
     *
     * param ep endpoint being reported.
     */
    public void report(InetAddressAndPort ep);

    /**
     * remove endpoint from failure detector
     */
    public void remove(InetAddressAndPort ep);

    /**
     * force conviction of endpoint in the failure detector
     */
    public void forceConviction(InetAddressAndPort ep);

    /**
     * Register interest for Failure Detector events.
     *
     * @param listener implementation of an application provided IFailureDetectionEventListener
     */
    public void registerFailureDetectionEventListener(IFailureDetectionEventListener listener);

    /**
     * Un-register interest for Failure Detector events.
     *
     * @param listener implementation of an application provided IFailureDetectionEventListener
     */
    public void unregisterFailureDetectionEventListener(IFailureDetectionEventListener listener);
}
