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package org.apache.solr.cluster.placement;

import org.apache.solr.api.ConfigurablePlugin;
import org.apache.solr.cluster.placement.plugins.SimplePlacementFactory;

/**
 * Factory implemented by client code and configured in container plugins (see {@link
 * org.apache.solr.handler.admin.ContainerPluginsApi#editAPI}) allowing the creation of instances of
 * {@link PlacementPlugin} to be used for replica placement computation.
 *
 * <p>Note: configurable factory implementations should also implement {@link
 * org.apache.solr.api.ConfigurablePlugin} with the appropriate configuration bean type.
 */
public interface PlacementPluginFactory<T extends PlacementPluginConfig>
    extends ConfigurablePlugin<T> {
  /** The key in the plugins registry under which this plugin and its configuration are defined. */
  String PLUGIN_NAME = ".placement-plugin";

  /**
   * Returns an instance of the plugin that will be repeatedly (and concurrently) called to compute
   * placement. Multiple instances of a plugin can be used in parallel (for example if configuration
   * has to change, but plugin instances with the previous configuration are still being used).
   *
   * <p>If this method returns null then a simple default assignment strategy will be used (see
   * {@link SimplePlacementFactory}).
   */
  PlacementPlugin createPluginInstance();

  /**
   * Default implementation is a no-op. Override to provide meaningful behavior if needed.
   *
   * @param cfg value deserialized from JSON, not null.
   */
  @Override
  default void configure(T cfg) {
    // no-op
  }

  /** Return the configuration of the plugin. Default implementation returns null. */
  default T getConfig() {
    return null;
  }

  /** Useful type for plugins that don't use any configuration. */
  class NoConfig implements PlacementPluginConfig {}
}
