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package org.apache.pulsar.broker.loadbalance;

import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.pulsar.broker.BundleData;
import org.apache.pulsar.broker.PulsarService;
import org.apache.pulsar.broker.ServiceConfiguration;

/**
 * Load management component which determines what brokers should not be considered for topic placement by the placement
 * strategy. For example, the placement strategy may determine that the broker with the least msg/s should get the
 * bundle assignment, but we may not want to consider brokers whose CPU usage is very high. Thus, we could use a filter
 * to blacklist brokers with high CPU usage.
 */
public interface BrokerFilter {

    /**
     * From the given set of available broker candidates, filter those using the load data.
     * 
     * @param brokers
     *            The currently available brokers that have not already been filtered. This set may be modified by
     *            filter.
     * @param bundleToAssign
     *            The data for the bundle to assign.
     * @param loadData
     *            The load data from the leader broker.
     * @param conf
     *            The service configuration.
     * @throws BrokerFilterException
     *            There was an error in the pipeline and the brokers should be reset to their original value
     */
    public void filter(Set<String> brokers, BundleData bundleToAssign, LoadData loadData, ServiceConfiguration conf)
                       throws BrokerFilterException;
}