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package org.apache.pulsar.client.api;

/**
 * The provider to provide the service url.
 *
 * <p>This allows applications to retrieve the service URL from an external configuration provider and,
 * more importantly, to force the Pulsar client to reconnect if the service URL has been changed.
 *
 * <p>It can be passed with {@link ClientBuilder#serviceUrlProvider(ServiceUrlProvider)}
 */
public interface ServiceUrlProvider {

    /**
     * Initialize the service url provider with Pulsar client instance.
     *
     * <p>This can be used by the provider to force the Pulsar client to reconnect whenever the service url might have
     * changed. See {@link PulsarClient#updateServiceUrl(String)}.
     *
     * @param client
     *            created pulsar client.
     */
    void initialize(PulsarClient client);

    /**
     * Get the current service URL the Pulsar client should connect to.
     *
     * @return the pulsar service url.
     */
    String getServiceUrl();

}
