Avro-RPC client in Flume

Avro used in Flume

Define the interface of RpcClient

public interface RpcClient {
  public int getBatchSize();
  public void append(Event event) throws EventDeliveryException;
  public void appendBatch(List<Event> events) throws
      EventDeliveryException;
  public void close() throws FlumeException;
}

Define Avro RpcClient extending from RpcClient, using Netty as socket communication.

public class NettyAvroRpcClient extends AbstractRpcClient implements RpcClient {
  private Transceiver transceiver;
  private AvroSourceProtocol.Callback avroClient;
 
  private void connect(long timeout, TimeUnit tu) throws FlumeException {
    callTimeoutPool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(
        new TransceiverThreadFactory("Flume Avro RPC Client Call Invoker"));
    NioClientSocketChannelFactory socketChannelFactory = null;
 
    try {
      ExecutorService bossExecutor =
          Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new TransceiverThreadFactory(
              "Avro " + NettyTransceiver.class.getSimpleName() + " Boss"));
      ExecutorService workerExecutor =
          Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new TransceiverThreadFactory(
              "Avro " + NettyTransceiver.class.getSimpleName() + " I/O Worker"));
 
      if (enableDeflateCompression || enableSsl) {
        if (maxIoWorkers >= 1) {
          socketChannelFactory = new SSLCompressionChannelFactory(
            bossExecutor, workerExecutor,
            enableDeflateCompression, enableSsl, trustAllCerts,
            compressionLevel, truststore, truststorePassword, truststoreType,
            excludeProtocols, maxIoWorkers);
        } else {
          socketChannelFactory = new SSLCompressionChannelFactory(
            bossExecutor, workerExecutor,
            enableDeflateCompression, enableSsl, trustAllCerts,
            compressionLevel, truststore, truststorePassword, truststoreType,
            excludeProtocols);
        }
      } else {
        if (maxIoWorkers >= 1) {
          socketChannelFactory = new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(
              bossExecutor, workerExecutor, maxIoWorkers);
        } else {
          socketChannelFactory = new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(
              bossExecutor, workerExecutor);
        }
      }
 
      transceiver = new NettyTransceiver(this.address,
          socketChannelFactory,
          tu.toMillis(timeout));
      avroClient =
          SpecificRequestor.getClient(AvroSourceProtocol.Callback.class,
          transceiver);
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      if (callTimeoutPool != null) {
        callTimeoutPool.shutdownNow();
      }
      if (socketChannelFactory != null) {
        socketChannelFactory.releaseExternalResources();
      }
      if (t instanceof IOException) {
        throw new FlumeException(this + ": RPC connection error", t);
      } else if (t instanceof FlumeException) {
        throw (FlumeException) t;
      } else if (t instanceof Error) {
        throw (Error) t;
      } else {
        throw new FlumeException(this + ": Unexpected exception", t);
      }
    }
 
    setState(ConnState.READY);
  }
 
}

Define NettyTransceiver to read and write with socket programming

/**
 * A Netty-based {@link Transceiver} implementation.
 */
public class NettyTransceiver extends Transceiver {
  /** If not specified, the default connection timeout will be used (60 sec). */
  public static final long DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 60 * 1000L;
  public static final String NETTY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OPTION =
      "connectTimeoutMillis";
  public static final String NETTY_TCP_NODELAY_OPTION = "tcpNoDelay";
  public static final boolean DEFAULT_TCP_NODELAY_VALUE = true;
 
  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NettyTransceiver.class
      .getName());
 
  private final AtomicInteger serialGenerator = new AtomicInteger(0);
  private final Map<Integer, Callback<List<ByteBuffer>>> requests =
    new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Callback<List<ByteBuffer>>>();
 
  private final ChannelFactory channelFactory;
  private final long connectTimeoutMillis;
  private final ClientBootstrap bootstrap;
  private final InetSocketAddress remoteAddr;
 
  volatile ChannelFuture channelFuture;
  volatile boolean stopping;
  private final Object channelFutureLock = new Object();
 
  /**
   * Read lock must be acquired whenever using non-final state.
   * Write lock must be acquired whenever modifying state.
   */
  private final ReentrantReadWriteLock stateLock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
  private Channel channel;       // Synchronized on stateLock
  private Protocol remote;       // Synchronized on stateLock
 
  NettyTransceiver() {
    channelFactory = null;
    connectTimeoutMillis = 0L;
    bootstrap = null;
    remoteAddr = null;
    channelFuture = null;
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a NettyTransceiver, and attempts to connect to the given address.
   * {@link #DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS} is used for the connection
   * timeout.
   * @param addr the address to connect to.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the given address.
   */
  public NettyTransceiver(InetSocketAddress addr) throws IOException {
    this(addr, DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a NettyTransceiver, and attempts to connect to the given address.
   * @param addr the address to connect to.
   * @param connectTimeoutMillis maximum amount of time to wait for connection
   * establishment in milliseconds, or null to use
   * {@link #DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS}.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the given address.
   */
  public NettyTransceiver(InetSocketAddress addr,
      Long connectTimeoutMillis) throws IOException {
    this(addr, new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(
        Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new NettyTransceiverThreadFactory(
            "Avro " + NettyTransceiver.class.getSimpleName() + " Boss")),
        Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new NettyTransceiverThreadFactory(
            "Avro " + NettyTransceiver.class.getSimpleName() + " I/O Worker"))),
        connectTimeoutMillis);
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a NettyTransceiver, and attempts to connect to the given address.
   * {@link #DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS} is used for the connection
   * timeout.
   * @param addr the address to connect to.
   * @param channelFactory the factory to use to create a new Netty Channel.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the given address.
   */
  public NettyTransceiver(InetSocketAddress addr, ChannelFactory channelFactory)
    throws IOException {
    this(addr, channelFactory, buildDefaultBootstrapOptions(null));
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a NettyTransceiver, and attempts to connect to the given address.
   * @param addr the address to connect to.
   * @param channelFactory the factory to use to create a new Netty Channel.
   * @param connectTimeoutMillis maximum amount of time to wait for connection
   * establishment in milliseconds, or null to use
   * {@link #DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS}.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the given address.
   */
  public NettyTransceiver(InetSocketAddress addr, ChannelFactory channelFactory,
      Long connectTimeoutMillis) throws IOException {
    this(addr, channelFactory,
        buildDefaultBootstrapOptions(connectTimeoutMillis));
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a NettyTransceiver, and attempts to connect to the given address.
   * It is strongly recommended that the {@link #NETTY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OPTION}
   * option be set to a reasonable timeout value (a Long value in milliseconds)
   * to prevent connect/disconnect attempts from hanging indefinitely.  It is
   * also recommended that the {@link #NETTY_TCP_NODELAY_OPTION} option be set
   * to true to minimize RPC latency.
   * @param addr the address to connect to.
   * @param channelFactory the factory to use to create a new Netty Channel.
   * @param nettyClientBootstrapOptions map of Netty ClientBootstrap options
   * to use.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the given address.
   */
  public NettyTransceiver(InetSocketAddress addr, ChannelFactory channelFactory,
      Map<String, Object> nettyClientBootstrapOptions) throws IOException {
    if (channelFactory == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException("channelFactory is null");
    }
 
    // Set up.
    this.channelFactory = channelFactory;
    this.connectTimeoutMillis = (Long)
        nettyClientBootstrapOptions.get(NETTY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OPTION);
    bootstrap = new ClientBootstrap(channelFactory);
    remoteAddr = addr;
 
    // Configure the event pipeline factory.
    bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(new ChannelPipelineFactory() {
      @Override
      public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
        ChannelPipeline p = Channels.pipeline();
        p.addLast("frameDecoder", new NettyFrameDecoder());
        p.addLast("frameEncoder", new NettyFrameEncoder());
        p.addLast("handler", new NettyClientAvroHandler());
        return p;
      }
    });
 
    if (nettyClientBootstrapOptions != null) {
      LOG.debug("Using Netty bootstrap options: " +
          nettyClientBootstrapOptions);
      bootstrap.setOptions(nettyClientBootstrapOptions);
    }
 
    // Make a new connection.
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      getChannel();
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates the default options map for the Netty ClientBootstrap.
   * @param connectTimeoutMillis connection timeout in milliseconds, or null
   * if no timeout is desired.
   * @return the map of Netty bootstrap options.
   */
  private static Map<String, Object> buildDefaultBootstrapOptions(
      Long connectTimeoutMillis) {
    Map<String, Object> options = new HashMap<String, Object>(2);
    options.put(NETTY_TCP_NODELAY_OPTION, DEFAULT_TCP_NODELAY_VALUE);
    options.put(NETTY_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_OPTION,
        connectTimeoutMillis == null ? DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS :
          connectTimeoutMillis);
    return options;
  }
 
  /**
   * Tests whether the given channel is ready for writing.
   * @return true if the channel is open and ready; false otherwise.
   */
  private static boolean isChannelReady(Channel channel) {
    return (channel != null) &&
      channel.isOpen() && channel.isBound() && channel.isConnected();
  }
 
  /**
   * Gets the Netty channel.  If the channel is not connected, first attempts
   * to connect.
   * NOTE: The stateLock read lock *must* be acquired before calling this
   * method.
   * @return the Netty channel
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting the channel.
   */
  private Channel getChannel() throws IOException {
    if (!isChannelReady(channel)) {
      // Need to reconnect
      // Upgrade to write lock
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
      stateLock.writeLock().lock();
      try {
        if (!isChannelReady(channel)) {
          synchronized(channelFutureLock) {
            if (!stopping) {
          LOG.debug("Connecting to " + remoteAddr);
              channelFuture = bootstrap.connect(remoteAddr);
            }
          }
          if (channelFuture != null) {
          channelFuture.awaitUninterruptibly(connectTimeoutMillis);
 
            synchronized(channelFutureLock) {
          if (!channelFuture.isSuccess()) {
            throw new IOException("Error connecting to " + remoteAddr,
                channelFuture.getCause());
          }
          channel = channelFuture.getChannel();
              channelFuture = null;
            }
          }
        }
      } finally {
        // Downgrade to read lock:
        stateLock.readLock().lock();
        stateLock.writeLock().unlock();
      }
    }
    return channel;
  }
 
  /**
   * Closes the connection to the remote peer if connected.
   */
  private void disconnect() {
    disconnect(false, false, null);
  }
 
  /**
   * Closes the connection to the remote peer if connected.
   * @param awaitCompletion if true, will block until the close has completed.
   * @param cancelPendingRequests if true, will drain the requests map and
   * send an IOException to all Callbacks.
   * @param cause if non-null and cancelPendingRequests is true, this Throwable
   * will be passed to all Callbacks.
   */
  private void disconnect(boolean awaitCompletion, boolean cancelPendingRequests,
      Throwable cause) {
    Channel channelToClose = null;
    Map<Integer, Callback<List<ByteBuffer>>> requestsToCancel = null;
    boolean stateReadLockHeld = stateLock.getReadHoldCount() != 0;
 
    synchronized(channelFutureLock) {
        if (stopping && channelFuture != null) {
           channelFuture.cancel();
        }
    }
    if (stateReadLockHeld) {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
    stateLock.writeLock().lock();
    try {
      if (channel != null) {
        if (cause != null) {
          LOG.debug("Disconnecting from " + remoteAddr, cause);
        }
        else {
          LOG.debug("Disconnecting from " + remoteAddr);
        }
        channelToClose = channel;
        channel = null;
        remote = null;
        if (cancelPendingRequests) {
          // Remove all pending requests (will be canceled after relinquishing
          // write lock).
          requestsToCancel =
            new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, Callback<List<ByteBuffer>>>(requests);
          requests.clear();
        }
      }
    } finally {
      if (stateReadLockHeld) {
        stateLock.readLock().lock();
      }
      stateLock.writeLock().unlock();
    }
 
    // Cancel any pending requests by sending errors to the callbacks:
    if ((requestsToCancel != null) && !requestsToCancel.isEmpty()) {
      LOG.debug("Removing " + requestsToCancel.size() + " pending request(s).");
      for (Callback<List<ByteBuffer>> request : requestsToCancel.values()) {
        request.handleError(
            cause != null ? cause :
              new IOException(getClass().getSimpleName() + " closed"));
      }
    }
 
    // Close the channel:
    if (channelToClose != null) {
      ChannelFuture closeFuture = channelToClose.close();
      if (awaitCompletion && (closeFuture != null)) {
        closeFuture.awaitUninterruptibly(connectTimeoutMillis);
      }
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Netty channels are thread-safe, so there is no need to acquire locks.
   * This method is a no-op.
   */
  @Override
  public void lockChannel() {
 
  }
 
  /**
   * Netty channels are thread-safe, so there is no need to acquire locks.
   * This method is a no-op.
   */
  @Override
  public void unlockChannel() {
 
  }
 
  public void close() {
    try {
      // Close the connection:
      stopping = true;
      disconnect(true, true, null);
    } finally {
      // Shut down all thread pools to exit.
      channelFactory.releaseExternalResources();
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public String getRemoteName() throws IOException {
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      return getChannel().getRemoteAddress().toString();
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Override as non-synchronized method because the method is thread safe.
   */
  @Override
  public List<ByteBuffer> transceive(List<ByteBuffer> request)
    throws IOException {
    try {
      CallFuture<List<ByteBuffer>> transceiverFuture = new CallFuture<List<ByteBuffer>>();
      transceive(request, transceiverFuture);
      return transceiverFuture.get();
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      LOG.debug("failed to get the response", e);
      return null;
    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
      LOG.debug("failed to get the response", e);
      return null;
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public void transceive(List<ByteBuffer> request,
      Callback<List<ByteBuffer>> callback) throws IOException {
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      int serial = serialGenerator.incrementAndGet();
      NettyDataPack dataPack = new NettyDataPack(serial, request);
      requests.put(serial, callback);
      writeDataPack(dataPack);
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public void writeBuffers(List<ByteBuffer> buffers) throws IOException {
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      writeDataPack(
          new NettyDataPack(serialGenerator.incrementAndGet(), buffers));
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Writes a NettyDataPack, reconnecting to the remote peer if necessary.
   * NOTE: The stateLock read lock *must* be acquired before calling this
   * method.
   * @param dataPack the data pack to write.
   * @throws IOException if an error occurs connecting to the remote peer.
   */
  private void writeDataPack(NettyDataPack dataPack) throws IOException {
    getChannel().write(dataPack);
  }
 
  @Override
  public List<ByteBuffer> readBuffers() throws IOException {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }
 
  @Override
  public Protocol getRemote() {
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      return remote;
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public boolean isConnected() {
    stateLock.readLock().lock();
    try {
      return remote!=null;
    } finally {
      stateLock.readLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public void setRemote(Protocol protocol) {
    stateLock.writeLock().lock();
    try {
      this.remote = protocol;
    } finally {
      stateLock.writeLock().unlock();
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Avro client handler for the Netty transport
   */
  class NettyClientAvroHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {
 
    @Override
    public void handleUpstream(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelEvent e)
        throws Exception {
      if (e instanceof ChannelStateEvent) {
        LOG.debug(e.toString());
        ChannelStateEvent cse = (ChannelStateEvent)e;
        if ((cse.getState() == ChannelState.OPEN) && (Boolean.FALSE.equals(cse.getValue()))) {
          // Server closed connection; disconnect client side
          LOG.debug("Remote peer " + remoteAddr + " closed connection.");
          disconnect(false, true, null);
        }
      }
      super.handleUpstream(ctx, e);
    }
 
    @Override
    public void channelOpen(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e)
        throws Exception {
      // channel = e.getChannel();
      super.channelOpen(ctx, e);
    }
 
    @Override
    public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final MessageEvent e) {
      NettyDataPack dataPack = (NettyDataPack)e.getMessage();
      Callback<List<ByteBuffer>> callback = requests.get(dataPack.getSerial());
      if (callback==null) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Missing previous call info");
      }
      try {
        callback.handleResult(dataPack.getDatas());
      } finally {
        requests.remove(dataPack.getSerial());
      }
    }
 
    @Override
    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ExceptionEvent e) {
      disconnect(false, true, e.getCause());
    }
 
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates threads with unique names based on a specified name prefix.
   */
  private static class NettyTransceiverThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
    private final AtomicInteger threadId = new AtomicInteger(0);
    private final String prefix;
 
    /**
     * Creates a NettyTransceiverThreadFactory that creates threads with the
     * specified name.
     * @param prefix the name prefix to use for all threads created by this
     * ThreadFactory.  A unique ID will be appended to this prefix to form the
     * final thread name.
     */
    public NettyTransceiverThreadFactory(String prefix) {
      this.prefix = prefix;
    }
 
    @Override
    public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
      Thread thread = new Thread(r);
      thread.setName(prefix + " " + threadId.incrementAndGet());
      return thread;
    }
  }
}

Use proxy as RpcClient

SpecificRequestor.getClient(AvroSourceProtocol.Callback.class,transceiver)

public class SpecificRequestor extends Requestor implements InvocationHandler {
    /** Create a proxy instance whose methods invoke RPCs. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static  <T> T getClient(Class<T> iface, Transceiver transciever,
                                 SpecificData data)
    throws IOException {
    Protocol protocol = data.getProtocol(iface);
    return (T)Proxy.newProxyInstance
      (data.getClassLoader(),
       new Class[] { iface },
       new SpecificRequestor(protocol, transciever, data));
  }
 
  /** Create a proxy instance whose methods invoke RPCs. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> T getClient(Class<T> iface, SpecificRequestor requestor)
    throws IOException {
    return (T)Proxy.newProxyInstance(requestor.data.getClassLoader(),
                                  new Class[] { iface }, requestor);
  }
/** Create a proxy instance whose methods invoke RPCs. */
  public static  <T> T getClient(Class<T> iface, Transceiver transciever)
    throws IOException {
    return getClient(iface, transciever,
                     new SpecificData(iface.getClassLoader()));
  }
   @Override
  public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
    throws Throwable {
    try {
      // Check if this is a callback-based RPC:
      Type[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
      if ((parameterTypes.length > 0) &&
          (parameterTypes[parameterTypes.length - 1] instanceof Class) &&
          Callback.class.isAssignableFrom(((Class<?>)parameterTypes[parameterTypes.length - 1]))) {
        // Extract the Callback from the end of of the argument list
        Object[] finalArgs = Arrays.copyOf(args, args.length - 1);
        Callback<?> callback = (Callback<?>)args[args.length - 1];
        request(method.getName(), finalArgs, callback);
        return null;
      }
      else {
        return request(method.getName(), args);
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // Check if this is a declared Exception:
      for (Class<?> exceptionClass : method.getExceptionTypes()) {
        if (exceptionClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass())) {
          throw e;
        }
      }
 
      // Next, check for RuntimeExceptions:
      if (e instanceof RuntimeException) {
        throw e;
      }
 
      // Not an expected Exception, so wrap it in AvroRemoteException:
      throw new AvroRemoteException(e);
    }
  }
 
}

Request method to remote

 /** Writes a request message and returns the result through a Callback. */
  <T> void request(Request request, Callback<T> callback)
    throws Exception {
    Transceiver t = getTransceiver();
    if (!t.isConnected()) {
      // Acquire handshake lock so that only one thread is performing the
      // handshake and other threads block until the handshake is completed
      handshakeLock.lock();
      try {
        if (t.isConnected()) {
          // Another thread already completed the handshake; no need to hold
          // the write lock
          handshakeLock.unlock();
        } else {
          CallFuture<T> callFuture = new CallFuture<T>(callback);
          t.transceive(request.getBytes(),
                       new TransceiverCallback<T>(request, callFuture));
          // Block until handshake complete
          callFuture.await();
          if (request.getMessage().isOneWay()) {
            Throwable error = callFuture.getError();
            if (error != null) {
              if (error instanceof Exception) {
                throw (Exception) error;
              } else {
                throw new AvroRemoteException(error);
              }
            }
          }
          return;
        }
      } finally{
        if (handshakeLock.isHeldByCurrentThread()) {
          handshakeLock.unlock();
        }
      }
    }
 
    if (request.getMessage().isOneWay()) {
      t.lockChannel();
      try {
        t.writeBuffers(request.getBytes());
        if (callback != null) {
          callback.handleResult(null);
        }
      } finally {
        t.unlockChannel();
      }
    } else {
      t.transceive(request.getBytes(),
                   new TransceiverCallback<T>(request, callback));
    }
 
  }

Now look at avro protocl

@org.apache.avro.specific.AvroGenerated
public interface AvroSourceProtocol {
  public static final org.apache.avro.Protocol PROTOCOL = org.apache.avro.Protocol.parse("{\"protocol\":\"AvroSourceProtocol\",\"namespace\":\"org.apache.flume.source.avro\",\"doc\":\"* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one\\n * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file\\n * distributed with this work for additional information\\n * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file\\n * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the\\n * \\\"License\\\"); you may not use this file except in compliance\\n * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at\\n *\\n * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\\n *\\n * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,\\n * software distributed under the License is distributed on an\\n * \\\"AS IS\\\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY\\n * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the\\n * specific language governing permissions and limitations\\n * under the License.\",\"types\":[{\"type\":\"enum\",\"name\":\"Status\",\"symbols\":[\"OK\",\"FAILED\",\"UNKNOWN\"]},{\"type\":\"record\",\"name\":\"AvroFlumeEvent\",\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"headers\",\"type\":{\"type\":\"map\",\"values\":\"string\"}},{\"name\":\"body\",\"type\":\"bytes\"}]}],\"messages\":{\"append\":{\"request\":[{\"name\":\"event\",\"type\":\"AvroFlumeEvent\"}],\"response\":\"Status\"},\"appendBatch\":{\"request\":[{\"name\":\"events\",\"type\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":\"AvroFlumeEvent\"}}],\"response\":\"Status\"}}}");
  org.apache.flume.source.avro.Status append(org.apache.flume.source.avro.AvroFlumeEvent event) throws org.apache.avro.AvroRemoteException;
  org.apache.flume.source.avro.Status appendBatch(java.util.List<org.apache.flume.source.avro.AvroFlumeEvent> events) throws org.apache.avro.AvroRemoteException;
 
  @SuppressWarnings("all")
  public interface Callback extends AvroSourceProtocol {
    public static final org.apache.avro.Protocol PROTOCOL = org.apache.flume.source.avro.AvroSourceProtocol.PROTOCOL;
    void append(org.apache.flume.source.avro.AvroFlumeEvent event, org.apache.avro.ipc.Callback<org.apache.flume.source.avro.Status> callback) throws java.io.IOException;
    void appendBatch(java.util.List<org.apache.flume.source.avro.AvroFlumeEvent> events, org.apache.avro.ipc.Callback<org.apache.flume.source.avro.Status> callback) throws java.io.IOException;
  }
}