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package org.apache.geode.cache.asyncqueue;

import org.apache.geode.cache.wan.EventSequenceID;
import org.apache.geode.cache.wan.GatewayQueueEvent;

/**
 * Represents <code>Cache</code> events delivered to <code>AsyncEventListener</code>.
 *
 * @since GemFire 7.0
 */
public interface AsyncEvent<K, V> extends GatewayQueueEvent<K, V> {
  /**
   * Returns whether possibleDuplicate is set for this event.
   *
   * @return whether possibleDuplicate is set for this event
   */
  boolean getPossibleDuplicate();

  /**
   * Returns the wrapper over the DistributedMembershipID, ThreadID, SequenceID which are used to
   * uniquely identify any region operation like create, update etc. This helps in sequencing the
   * events belonging to a unique producer. e.g. The EventID can be used to track events received by
   * <code>AsyncEventListener</code> to avoid processing duplicates.
   *
   * @return the wrapper over the DistributedMembershipID, ThreadID, SequenceID which are used to
   *         uniquely identify any region operation
   */
  EventSequenceID getEventSequenceID();
}
