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package org.opensearch.cluster;

import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;

/**
 * A component that is in charge of applying an incoming cluster state to the node internal data structures.
 * The single apply method is called before the cluster state becomes visible via {@link ClusterService#state()}.
 *
 * @opensearch.internal
 */
public interface ClusterStateApplier {

    /**
     * Called when a new cluster state ({@link ClusterChangedEvent#state()} needs to be applied. The cluster state to be applied is already
     * committed when this method is called, so an applier must therefore be prepared to deal with any state it receives without throwing
     * an exception. Throwing an exception from an applier is very bad because it will stop the application of this state before it has
     * reached all the other appliers, and will likely result in another attempt to apply the same (or very similar) cluster state which
     * might continue until this node is removed from the cluster.
     */
    void applyClusterState(ClusterChangedEvent event);
}