001/*
002 * Trident - A Multithreaded Server Alternative
003 * Copyright 2014 The TridentSDK Team
004 *
005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008 *
009 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010 *
011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015 * limitations under the License.
016 */
017
018package net.tridentsdk.world;
019
020import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
021
022/**
023 * Represents the state of a chunk at a certain point in time
024 *
025 * @author The TridentSDK Team
026 * @since 0.3-alpha-DP
027 */
028@ThreadSafe
029public interface ChunkSnapshot extends Chunk {
030    /**
031     * Loads the data of the snapshot into the specified chunk
032     *
033     * @param chunk the chunk to reset the data contained in this snapshot to
034     */
035    void apply(Chunk chunk);
036
037    /**
038     * Updates the chunk from this snapshot with the data contained in this snapshot
039     */
040    void apply();
041}