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package org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.coder;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECBlock;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECChunk;
/**
* Erasure coding step that's involved in encoding/decoding of a block group.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface ErasureCodingStep {
/**
* Input blocks of readable data involved in this step, may be data blocks
* or parity blocks.
* @return input blocks
*/
public ECBlock[] getInputBlocks();
/**
* Output blocks of writable buffers involved in this step, may be data
* blocks or parity blocks.
* @return output blocks
*/
public ECBlock[] getOutputBlocks();
/**
* Perform encoding or decoding given the input chunks, and generated results
* will be written to the output chunks.
* @param inputChunks
* @param outputChunks
*/
public void performCoding(ECChunk[] inputChunks, ECChunk[] outputChunks);
/**
* Notify erasure coder that all the chunks of input blocks are processed so
* the coder can be able to update internal states, considering next step.
*/
public void finish();
}