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package org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.errors;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;

import java.util.concurrent.Future;

/**
 * Report an error using the information contained in the {@link ProcessingContext}.
 */
public interface ErrorReporter extends AutoCloseable {

    /**
     * Report an error and return the producer future.
     *
     * @param context the processing context (cannot be null).
     * @return future result from the producer sending a record to Kafka.
     */
    Future<RecordMetadata> report(ProcessingContext context);

    @Override
    default void close() { }
}
