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package org.apache.ambari.metrics.timeline;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.timeline.TimelineEntities;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.timeline.TimelinePutResponse;

/**
 * This interface is for storing timeline information.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface TimelineWriter {

  /**
   * Stores entity information to the timeline store. Any errors occurring for
   * individual put request objects will be reported in the response.
   * 
   * @param data
   *          An {@link TimelineEntities} object.
   * @return An {@link TimelinePutResponse} object.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  TimelinePutResponse put(TimelineEntities data) throws IOException;

}
