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package channel

import (
	"github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/util"
	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat"
	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
)

// Factory is used to create a new Outlet instance
type Factory func(beat.Pipeline, *common.Config, *common.MapStrPointer) (Outleter, error)

// Connector creates an Outlet connecting the event publishing with some internal pipeline.
type Connector func(*common.Config, *common.MapStrPointer) (Outleter, error)

// Outleter is the outlet for an input
type Outleter interface {
	Close() error
	OnEvent(data *util.Data) bool
}