Github user liuml07 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-ratis/pull/4#discussion_r214439058
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ratis-logservice/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/logservice/api/LogWriter.java
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+package org.apache.ratis.logservice.api;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Synchronous client interface to write to a LogStream.
+ */
+public interface LogWriter extends AutoCloseable {
+
+ /**
+ * Appends the given data as a record in the LogStream.
+ *
+ * @param data The record to append
+ * @return The recordId for the record just written
+ */
+ long write(ByteBuffer data) throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Appends each entry of data as a new record in the LogStream. If this
method returns
+ * successfully, all records can be considered persisted. Otherwise,
none can be assumed
+ * to have been written.
+ *
+ * @param records Records to append
+ * @return The largest recordId assigned to the records written
+ */
+ long writeMany(List<ByteBuffer> records) throws IOException;
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Is default implementation (via for-write) possible/necessary?
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