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package io.fd.honeycomb.translate.v3po.util.cache;

import io.fd.honeycomb.translate.v3po.util.cache.exceptions.execution.DumpExecutionFailedException;
import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;

/**
 * Generic interface for classes that return dumps for Data objects.
 * Must be implemented in Thread-save fashion.
 */
@ThreadSafe
public interface EntityDumpExecutor<T, U> {

    /**
     * Performs dump on {@link T} entity
     *
     * @return dump of specified {@link T} entity
     * @throws DumpExecutionFailedException when dump fails
     */
    T executeDump(final U params) throws DumpExecutionFailedException;
}