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package org.wildfly.clustering.ejb;

/**
 * Represents a bean and the group to which it is associated.
 * @author Paul Ferraro
 *
 * @param <G> the group identifier type
 * @param <I> the bean identifier type
 * @param <T> the bean instance type
 */
public interface Bean<G, I, T> extends AutoCloseable {
    /**
     * Returns the identifier of this bean.
     * @return a unique identifier
     */
    I getId();

    /**
     * Returns the identifier of the group to which this bean is associated.
     * @return a unique identifier of a group
     */
    G getGroupId();

    /**
     * Acquires a reference to the bean instance.
     * Every call to {@link #acquire()} should be paired with a call to {@link #release()}.
     * @return the bean instance
     */
    T acquire();

    /**
     * Releases a reference to the bean made via {@link #acquire()}.
     * @return true, if all acquisitions have been released, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean release();

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not the specified bean is expired.
     * @return true, if this bean has expired, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isExpired();

    /**
     * Removes this bean, notifying the specified listener.
     * @param listener a remove listener
     */
    void remove(RemoveListener<T> listener);

    /**
     * Closes any resources used by this bean.
     * A bean should only be closed when all referenced have been released,
     * i.e. {@link #release()} returned true.
     */
    @Override
    void close();
}
