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21 package org.onap.policy.m2.base;
23 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.ControlLoopEvent;
24 import org.onap.policy.controlloop.policy.Policy;
27 * This is the 'Actor' interface -- objects implementing this interface
28 * are placed within the 'nameToActor' table within class 'Transaction'.
29 * All of the instances are created and inserted in the table at initialization
30 * time, and are located using the 'Policy.actor' field as a key.
32 public interface Actor {
34 * Return the name associated with this Actor.
36 * @return the name associated with this Actor (as it appears in the 'yaml')
41 * Create an operation for this actor, based on the supplied policy.
43 * @param transaction the transaction the operation is running under
44 * @param policy the policy associated with this operation
45 * @param onset the initial onset event that triggered the transaction
46 * @param attempt this value starts at 1, and is incremented for each retry
47 * @return the Operation instance
49 Operation createOperation(
50 Transaction transaction, Policy policy, ControlLoopEvent onset,