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package org.apache.hadoop.contrib.utils.join;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* This defines an iterator interface that will help the reducer class
* re-group its input by source tags. Once the values are re-grouped,
* the reducer will receive the cross product of values from different groups.
*/
public interface ResetableIterator extends Iterator {
public void reset();
public void add(Object item);
public void close() throws IOException;
}