ReduceEdgesFunction.java

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package org.apache.flink.graph;

import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.Function;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by the function applied to a vertex neighborhood
 * in the {@link Graph#reduceOnEdges(org.apache.flink.graph.ReduceEdgesFunction, EdgeDirection)} method.
 *
 * @param <EV> the edge value type
 */
public interface ReduceEdgesFunction<EV> extends Function, Serializable {

	/**
	 * It combines two neighboring edge values into one new value of the same type.
	 * For each vertex, this function is consecutively called,
	 * until only a single value for each edge remains.
	 * 
	 * @param firstEdgeValue the first neighboring edge value to combine
	 * @param secondEdgeValue the second neighboring edge value to combine
	 * @return the combined value of both input values
	 */
	EV reduceEdges(EV firstEdgeValue, EV secondEdgeValue);
}