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package org.apache.pulsar.client.api;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Interface for custom message router that can be passed
 * to a producer to select the partition that a particular
 * messsage should be published on.
 *
 * @see ProducerBuilder#messageRouter(MessageRouter)
 */
public interface MessageRouter extends Serializable {

    /**
     *
     * @param msg
     *            Message object
     * @return The index of the partition to use for the message
     * @deprecated since 1.22.0. Please use {@link #choosePartition(Message, TopicMetadata)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    default int choosePartition(Message<?> msg) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Use #choosePartition(Message, TopicMetadata) instead");
    }

    /**
     * Choose a partition based on msg and the topic metadata.
     *
     * @param msg message to route
     * @param metadata topic metadata
     * @return the partition to route the message.
     * @since 1.22.0
     */
    default int choosePartition(Message<?> msg, TopicMetadata metadata) {
        return choosePartition(msg);
    }

}
