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package org.apache.iceberg.flink.source;

/** Starting strategy for streaming execution. */
public enum StreamingStartingStrategy {
  /**
   * Do a regular table scan then switch to the incremental mode.
   *
   * <p>The incremental mode starts from the current snapshot exclusive.
   */
  TABLE_SCAN_THEN_INCREMENTAL,

  /**
   * Start incremental mode from the latest snapshot inclusive.
   *
   * <p>If it is an empty table, all future append snapshots should be discovered.
   */
  INCREMENTAL_FROM_LATEST_SNAPSHOT,

  /**
   * Start incremental mode from the latest snapshot exclusive.
   *
   * <p>If it is an empty table, all future append snapshots should be discovered.
   */
  INCREMENTAL_FROM_LATEST_SNAPSHOT_EXCLUSIVE,

  /**
   * Start incremental mode from the earliest snapshot inclusive.
   *
   * <p>If it is an empty table, all future append snapshots should be discovered.
   */
  INCREMENTAL_FROM_EARLIEST_SNAPSHOT,

  /** Start incremental mode from a snapshot with a specific id inclusive. */
  INCREMENTAL_FROM_SNAPSHOT_ID,

  /**
   * Start incremental mode from a snapshot with a specific timestamp inclusive.
   *
   * <p>If the timestamp is between two snapshots, it should start from the snapshot after the
   * timestamp.
   */
  INCREMENTAL_FROM_SNAPSHOT_TIMESTAMP
}
