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19  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
20  
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  
23  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
24  import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
25  import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
26  import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
27  
28  /**
29   * Gateway to Cluster Replication.  
30   * Used by {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer}.
31   * One such application is a cross-datacenter
32   * replication service that can keep two hbase clusters in sync.
33   */
34  @InterfaceAudience.Private
35  public interface ReplicationService {
36  
37    /**
38     * Initializes the replication service object.
39     * @throws IOException
40     */
41    public void initialize(Server rs, FileSystem fs, Path logdir,
42                           Path oldLogDir) throws IOException;
43  
44    /**
45     * Start replication services.
46     * @throws IOException
47     */
48    public void startReplicationService() throws IOException;
49  
50    /**
51     * Stops replication service.
52     */
53    public void stopReplicationService();
54  }