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package org.onap.policy.common.endpoints.event.comm;

import java.util.List;

import org.onap.policy.common.capabilities.Lockable;
import org.onap.policy.common.capabilities.Startable;


/**
 * Essential Topic Data.
 */
public interface Topic extends TopicRegisterable, Startable, Lockable {

    /**
     * network logger.
     */
    public static final String NETWORK_LOGGER = "network";

    /**
     * Underlying Communication infrastructure Types.
     */
    public enum CommInfrastructure {
        /**
         * UEB Communication Infrastructure.
         */
        UEB,
        /**
         * DMAAP Communication Infrastructure.
         */
        DMAAP,
        /**
         * NOOP for internal use only.
         */
        NOOP,
        /**
         * REST Communication Infrastructure.
         */
        REST
    }

    /**
     * Gets the topic name.
     * 
     * @return topic name
     */
    public String getTopic();

    /**
     * Gets the communication infrastructure type.
     * 
     * @return CommInfrastructure object
     */
    public CommInfrastructure getTopicCommInfrastructure();

    /**
     * Return list of servers.
     * 
     * @return bus servers
     */
    public List<String> getServers();

    /**
     * Get the more recent events in this topic entity.
     * 
     * @return list of most recent events
     */
    public String[] getRecentEvents();

}