<?php

namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Sharding;

/**
 * Sharding Manager gives access to APIs to implementing sharding on top of
 * Doctrine\DBAL\Connection instances.
 *
 * For simplicity and developer ease-of-use (and understanding) the sharding
 * API only covers single shard queries, no fan-out support. It is primarily
 * suited for multi-tenant applications.
 *
 * The assumption about sharding here
 * is that a distribution value can be found that gives access to all the
 * necessary data for all use-cases. Switching between shards should be done with
 * caution, especially if lazy loading is implemented. Any query is always
 * executed against the last shard that was selected. If a query is created for
 * a shard Y but then a shard X is selected when its actually executed you
 * will hit the wrong shard.
 */
interface ShardManager
{
    /**
     * Selects global database with global data.
     *
     * This is the default database that is connected when no shard is
     * selected.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function selectGlobal();

    /**
     * Selects the shard against which the queries after this statement will be issued.
     *
     * @param string $distributionValue
     *
     * @return void
     *
     * @throws ShardingException If no value is passed as shard identifier.
     */
    public function selectShard($distributionValue);

    /**
     * Gets the distribution value currently used for sharding.
     *
     * @return string|null
     */
    public function getCurrentDistributionValue();

    /**
     * Gets information about the amount of shards and other details.
     *
     * Format is implementation specific, each shard is one element and has an
     * 'id' attribute at least.
     *
     * @return mixed[][]
     */
    public function getShards();

    /**
     * Queries all shards in undefined order and return the results appended to
     * each other. Restore the previous distribution value after execution.
     *
     * Using {@link Connection::fetchAll()} to retrieve rows internally.
     *
     * @param string         $sql
     * @param mixed[]        $params
     * @param int[]|string[] $types
     *
     * @return mixed[]
     */
    public function queryAll($sql, array $params, array $types);
}
