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package org.apache.flink.api.java.sampling;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * A data sample is a set of data selected from a statistical population by a defined procedure.
 * RandomSampler helps to create data sample randomly.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of sampler data.
 */
@Internal
public abstract class RandomSampler<T> {

	protected final static double EPSILON = 1e-5;
	
	protected final Iterator<T> EMPTY_ITERABLE = new SampledIterator<T>() {
		@Override
		public boolean hasNext() {
			return false;
		}
		
		@Override
		public T next() {
			return null;
		}
	};
	
	/**
	 * Randomly sample the elements from input in sequence, and return the result iterator.
	 *
	 * @param input Source data
	 * @return The sample result.
	 */
	public abstract Iterator<T> sample(Iterator<T> input);

}

/**
 * A simple abstract iterator which implements the remove method as unsupported operation.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of iterator data.
 */
@Internal
abstract class SampledIterator<T> implements Iterator<T> {
	@Override
	public void remove() {
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Do not support this operation.");
	}

}