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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
/**
* <code>InputSplit</code> represents the data to be processed by an
* individual {@link Mapper}.
*
* <p>Typically, it presents a byte-oriented view on the input and is the
* responsibility of {@link RecordReader} of the job to process this and present
* a record-oriented view.
*
* @see InputFormat
* @see RecordReader
*/
public abstract class InputSplit {
/**
* Get the size of the split, so that the input splits can be sorted by size.
* @return the number of bytes in the split
* @throws IOException
* @throws InterruptedException
*/
public abstract long getLength() throws IOException, InterruptedException;
/**
* Get the list of nodes by name where the data for the split would be local.
* The locations do not need to be serialized.
* @return a new array of the node nodes.
* @throws IOException
* @throws InterruptedException
*/
public abstract
String[] getLocations() throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}