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package eu.stratosphere.api.java.typeutils;
import eu.stratosphere.types.TypeInformation;
/**
* {@link eu.stratosphere.api.common.io.OutputFormat}s can implement this interface to be configured
* with the data type they will operate on. The method {@link #setInputType(TypeInformation)} will be
* called when the output format is used with an output method such as
* {@link eu.stratosphere.api.java.DataSet#output(eu.stratosphere.api.common.io.OutputFormat)}.
*/
public interface InputTypeConfigurable {
/**
* Method that is called on an {@link eu.stratosphere.api.common.io.OutputFormat} when it is passed to
* the DataSet's output method. May be used to configures the output format based on the data type.
*
* @param type The data type of the input.
*/
void setInputType(TypeInformation<?> type);
}