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package org.agrona.concurrent;

/**
 * An Agent is scheduled to do work on a thread on a duty cycle. Each Agent should have a defined role in a system.
 *
 * {@link #onStart()}, {@link #doWork()}, and {@link #onClose()} will all be called by the same thread and in a
 * threadsafe manner if the agent runs successfully. {@link #onClose()} will be called if the agent fails to run.
 */
public interface Agent
{
    /**
     * To be overridden by Agents that need to do resource init on start.
     * <p>
     * This method will be called by the agent thread.
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> Implementations of this method must be idempotent.
     */
    default void onStart()
    {
        // default to do nothing unless you want to handle the notification.
    }

    /**
     * An agent should implement this method to do its work.
     * <p>
     * The return value is used for implementing a backoff strategy that can be employed when no work is
     * currently available for the agent to process.
     * <p>
     * If the Agent should terminate and close then a {@link AgentTerminationException} can be thrown.
     *
     * @return 0 to indicate no work was currently available, a positive value otherwise.
     * @throws java.lang.Exception if an error has occurred
     */
    int doWork() throws Exception;

    /**
     * To be overridden by Agents that need to do resource cleanup on close.
     * <p>
     * This method will be called after the agent thread has terminated or if the agent is closed before it runs.
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> Implementations of this method must be idempotent.
     */
    default void onClose()
    {
        // default to do nothing unless you want to handle the notification.
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of this agent's role.
     *
     * @return the name of this agent's role.
     */
    String roleName();
}

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