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package org.apache.cxf.management.web.logging;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.ext.search.SearchCondition;

/**
 * Can be used by pull-style loggers to read the records from some external storage 
 *
 */
public interface ReadableLogStorage {

    
    /**
     * Read the records and load them into a provided list
     * @param list the list saved records should be added to
     * @param condition the condition loaded records must meet, can be null 
     * @param loadFrom the initial index of the storage to have records loaded from
     * @param int maxNumberOfRecords the max number of records to load from the storage
     */
    void load(List<LogRecord> list, 
              SearchCondition<LogRecord> condition,
              int loadFrom, 
              int maxNumberOfRecords);
    
    
    /**
     * Get the size of storage (in records)
     * @param the size, -1 if not known, for ex, when reading from an open file containing log entries
     */
    int getSize();
    
    
    /**
     * Close the storage
     */
    void close();
}
