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package org.apache.nifi.remote;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * A model object for referring to a remote destination (i.e., a Port) for
 * site-to-site communications
 */
public interface RemoteDestination {

    /**
     * @return the identifier of the remote destination
     */
    String getIdentifier();

    /**
     * @return the human-readable name of the remote destination
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * @param timeUnit to yield
     * @return the amount of time that system should pause sending to a
     * particular node if unable to send data to or receive data from this
     * endpoint
     */
    long getYieldPeriod(TimeUnit timeUnit);

    /**
     * @return whether or not compression should be used when transferring data
     * to or receiving data from the remote endpoint
     */
    boolean isUseCompression();
}
