RecordWriter.java

/*
 * Copyright 2012 NGDATA nv
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package org.lilyproject.repository.bulk;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.lilyproject.repository.api.Record;

/**
 * Writes single Lily {@link Record} objects to a sink.
 */
public interface RecordWriter {
    
    /**
     * Write a single record.
     * @param record record to be written
     */
    void write(Record record) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
    
    /**
     * Close the record writer.
     */
    void close();
    
    
    /**
     * Get the number of records written to this writer.
     * 
     * @return total count of records written
     */
    long getNumRecords();
    

}