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package org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api;

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

/**
 * Manipulates the correlations context associated with the current thread.
 */
public interface CorrelationService {

  /**
   * The recommended protocol header name used to transmit the correlation context over the network.
   */
  static final String PROTOCOL_HEADER = "X-Correlation-Context";

  /**
   * Creates a new correlation context.  The context is attached and empty.
   *
   * @return A new correlation context.
   */
  CorrelationContext createContext();

  /**
   * Returns the current attached correlation context if any.
   *
   * @return The current attached correlation context.  May be null.
   */
  CorrelationContext getContext();

  /**
   * Sets the current attached correlation context.
   * Will overwrite any existing attached context if any.
   * Null contexts are ignored and any existing attached context will remain.
   *
   * @param context The correlation context to attach.
   */
  void attachContext( CorrelationContext context );

  /**
   * Detaches the existing attached context if any.
   * This will typically be done so that the context can be persisted or attached to a different thread.
   *
   * @return The now detached correlation context.  May be null.
   */
  CorrelationContext detachContext();
  
  /**
   * Executes the callable within the provided correlation context.
   * The provided context is attached and detached around the invocation of the callable.
   * @param context The correlation context to establish around the invocation of the callable.  May not be null.
   * @param callable The callable to invoke after establishing the correlation context.  May not be null.
   * @return The result of the callable's call method.
   * @throws Exception Thrown if thrown by the callable's call method.
   */
  <T> T execute( CorrelationContext context, Callable<T> callable ) throws Exception;
  
  /**
   * Attaches the externalized correlation context
   * @param externalizedContext The externalized correlation context
   * @return An attached instance of correlation context that was restored form externalized context
   */
  CorrelationContext attachExternalizedContext( byte[] externalizedContext );
  
  /**
   * Detaches the existing attached correlation context and returns it in externalized form.
   * @return The detached externalized context
   */
  byte[] detachExternalizedContext();
  
  /**
   * Restores correlation context from externalized form.
   * @param externalizedContext The externalized correlation context. May not be null.
   * @return the correlation context that is not attached yet
   */
  CorrelationContext readExternalizedContext( byte[] externalizedContext );
  
  /**
   * Returns externalized correlation context without detaching it from execution scope.
   * @return The externalized correlation context
   */
  byte[] getExternalizedContext();

}
