/**
* Copyright 2013 Cloudera Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.kitesdk.data.hbase.impl;
import org.kitesdk.data.DatasetWriter;
import org.kitesdk.data.Flushable;
import org.kitesdk.data.spi.InitializeAccessor;
public interface EntityBatch<E> extends DatasetWriter<E>, InitializeAccessor, Flushable {
/**
* Put the entity into the HBase table. Since this is a part of a batch
* operation, this entity will not be committed to the table until the
* writeBuffer has reached capacity.
*
* @param entity
* The entity to store
*/
public void put(E entity);
/**
* Flushes the write buffer, committing any and all entities currently in the
* buffer.
*/
@Override
public void flush();
/**
* This closes and finalizes the batch operation, flushing any remaining
* entities in the buffer.
*/
@Override
public void close();
}