Context.java

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package com.hazelcast.mapreduce;

/**
 * The Context interface is used for emitting keys and values to the intermediate working space of
 * the MapReduce algorithm.
 *
 * @param <K> key type of the resulting keys
 * @param <V> value type of the resulting values
 * @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 * For general data processing, it is superseded by 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
public interface Context<K, V> {

    /**
     * Emits a key-value pair to the intermediate working space. The same key can be used multiple
     * times to collect values under the same key.
     *
     * @param key   emitted key to the intermediate working space.
     * @param value emitted value to the intermediate working space.
     */
    void emit(K key, V value);

}