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package com.ning.billing.util.notificationq;

import java.util.UUID;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.skife.jdbi.v2.sqlobject.mixins.Transmogrifier;

import com.ning.billing.util.notificationq.NotificationQueueService.NotificationQueueHandler;
import com.ning.billing.util.queue.QueueLifecycle;

public interface NotificationQueue extends QueueLifecycle {

    /**
     *
     * Record the need to be called back when the notification is ready
     *
     * @param futureNotificationTime the time at which the notification is ready
     * @param notificationKey the key for that notification
     */
    public void recordFutureNotification(final DateTime futureNotificationTime, final NotificationKey notificationKey);

    /**
     *
     * Record from within a transaction the need to be called back when the notification is ready
     *
     * @param transactionalDao the transactionalDao
     * @param futureNotificationTime the time at which the notification is ready
     * @param notificationKey the key for that notification
     */
    public void recordFutureNotificationFromTransaction(final Transmogrifier transactionalDao,
            final DateTime futureNotificationTime, final NotificationKey notificationKey);

  
    /**
     * Remove all notifications associated with this key   
     * 
     * @param key
     */
    public void removeNotificationsByKey(UUID key);

    /**
     * This is only valid when the queue has been configured with isNotificationProcessingOff is true
     * In which case, it will callback users for all the ready notifications.
     *
     * @return the number of entries we processed
     */
    public int processReadyNotification();

    /**
     *
     * @return the name of that queue
     */
    public String getFullQName();
    
    /**
     * @return the service name associated to that queue
     */
    public String getServiceName();

    /**
     * @return the queue name associated
     */
    public String getQueueName();



}
