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package com.hazelcast.mapreduce;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.BinaryInterface;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This interface is used to pre-evaluate keys before spreading the MapReduce task to the cluster.
* Pre-selecting keys can speed up the job since not all partitions may be used.
*
* @param <Key> key type
* @since 3.2
* @deprecated MapReduce is deprecated and will be removed in 4.0.
* For map aggregations, you can use {@link com.hazelcast.aggregation.Aggregator} on IMap.
* For general data processing, it is superseded by <a href="http://jet.hazelcast.org">Hazelcast Jet</a>.
*/
@Deprecated
@BinaryInterface
public interface KeyPredicate<Key>
extends Serializable {
/**
* This method evaluates whether or not to select a key.
*
* @param key The key to evaluate
* @return true if the MapReduce task should be executed on this key, false otherwise
*/
boolean evaluate(Key key);
}