Github user joshelser commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-ratis/pull/4#discussion_r213795159
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ratis-logservice/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/logservice/api/ArchivedLog.java
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+package org.apache.ratis.logservice.api;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link LogStream} which has been archived in some external
+ * system. This interface is parameterized to allow for implementations
+ * to use their own class to encapsulate how to find the archived log.
+ *
+ * In the majority of cases, this should be transparent to end-users, as
+ * the {@link LogStream} should hide the fact that this even exists.
+ * TODO maybe that means this should be client-facing at all?
+ *
+ * @param <T> A referent to the log on the external system.
+ */
+public interface ArchivedLog<T> extends AutoCloseable {
+
+ /**
+ * Creates an asynchronous reader over this archived log.
+ */
+ AsyncLogReader createAsyncReader();
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Dropping all of the async API for now. Might help later but we should do
that with purpose.
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