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package org.apache.kafka.connect.storage;

import org.apache.kafka.common.Configurable;
import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaAndValue;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.header.Header;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * The HeaderConverter interface provides support for translating between Kafka Connect's runtime data format
 * and byte[]. This is similar to the {@link Converter} interface, but specifically for
 * {@link org.apache.kafka.connect.header.Headers Headers}.
 * <p>Kafka Connect may discover implementations of this interface using the Java {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} mechanism.
 * To support this, implementations of this interface should also contain a service provider configuration file in
 * {@code META-INF/services/org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.HeaderConverter}.
 */
public interface HeaderConverter extends Configurable, Closeable {

    /**
     * Convert the header name and byte array value into a {@link Header} object.
     * @param topic the name of the topic for the record containing the header
     * @param headerKey the header's key; may not be null
     * @param value the header's raw value; may be null
     * @return the {@link SchemaAndValue}; may not be null
     */
    SchemaAndValue toConnectHeader(String topic, String headerKey, byte[] value);

    /**
     * Convert the {@link Header}'s {@link Header#value() value} into its byte array representation.
     * @param topic the name of the topic for the record containing the header
     * @param headerKey the header's key; may not be null
     * @param schema the schema for the header's value; may be null
     * @param value the header's value to convert; may be null
     * @return the byte array form of the Header's value; may be null if the value is null
     */
    byte[] fromConnectHeader(String topic, String headerKey, Schema schema, Object value);

    /**
     * Configuration specification for this set of header converters.
     * @return the configuration specification; may not be null
     */
    ConfigDef config();
}
