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package org.wildfly.clustering.group;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Represents a groups of nodes.
 * @author Paul Ferraro
 */
public interface Group {

    interface Listener {
        /**
         * Indicates that the membership of the group has changed.
         * @param previousMembers previous group members.
         * @param members new group members
         * @param merged indicates whether the membership change is the result of a merge view
         */
        void membershipChanged(List<Node> previousMembers, List<Node> members, boolean merged);
    }

    void addListener(Listener listener);

    void removeListener(Listener listener);

    /**
     * Returns the name of this group.
     * @return the group name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not we are the group coordinator.
     * @return true, if we are the group coordinator, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isCoordinator();

    /**
     * Returns the local node.
     * @return the local node.
     */
    Node getLocalNode();

    /**
     * Returns the group coordinator.
     * @return the group coordinator.
     */
    Node getCoordinatorNode();

    /**
     * Returns the list of nodes that are members of this group.
     * @return a list of nodes
     */
    List<Node> getNodes();
}
