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package org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
/**
* Abstract class for formatting the output of the writeAsText and writeAsCsv
* functions.
*
* @param <IN>
* Input tuple type
*/
@PublicEvolving
public abstract class WriteFormat<IN> implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
/**
* Writes the contents of tupleList to the file specified by path.
*
* @param path
* is the path to the location where the tuples are written
* @param tupleList
* is the list of tuples to be written
*/
protected abstract void write(String path, ArrayList<IN> tupleList);
}