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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * policy-endpoints
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm.bus;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Noop Topic Sink Factory
+ */
+public interface NoopTopicSinkFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates noop topic sinks based on properties files
+     * 
+     * @param properties Properties containing initialization values
+     * 
+     * @return a noop topic sink
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if invalid parameters are present
+     */
+    public List<NoopTopicSink> build(Properties properties);
+
+    /**
+     * builds a noop sink
+     * 
+     * @param servers list of servers
+     * @param topic topic name
+     * @param managed is this sink endpoint managed?
+     * @return a noop topic sink
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if invalid parameters are present
+     */
+    public NoopTopicSink build(List<String> servers, String topic, boolean managed);
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys a sink based on the topic
+     * 
+     * @param topic topic name
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if invalid parameters are present
+     */
+    public void destroy(String topic);
+
+    /**
+     * gets a sink based on topic name
+     * 
+     * @param topic the topic name
+     * 
+     * @return a sink with topic name
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an invalid topic is provided
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the sink is in an incorrect state
+     */
+    public NoopTopicSink get(String topic);
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a snapshot of the UEB Topic Writers
+     * 
+     * @return a list of the UEB Topic Writers
+     */
+    public List<NoopTopicSink> inventory();
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys all sinks
+     */
+    public void destroy();
+}