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package eu.stratosphere.nephele.jobgraph;

import eu.stratosphere.runtime.io.channels.ChannelType;

/**
 * Objects of this class represent edges in the user's job graph.
 * The edges can be annotated by a specific channel and compression level.
 * 
 */
public class JobEdge {

	/**
	 * The channel type to be used for the resulting channel.
	 */
	private final ChannelType channelType;

	/**
	 * The vertex connected to this edge.
	 */
	private final AbstractJobVertex connectedVertex;

	/**
	 * The index of the consuming task's input gate.
	 */
	private final int indexOfInputGate;
	
	/**
	 * The distribution pattern that should be used for this job edge.
	 */
	private final DistributionPattern distributionPattern;

	/**
	 * Constructs a new job edge.
	 * 
	 * @param connectedVertex
	 *        the vertex this edge should connect to
	 * @param channelType
	 *        the channel type this edge should be translated to at runtime
	 * @param compressionLevel
	 *        the compression level the corresponding channel should have at runtime
	 * @param indexOfInputGate
	 *        index of the consuming task's input gate that this edge connects to
	 */
	public JobEdge(final AbstractJobVertex connectedVertex, final ChannelType channelType,
			final int indexOfInputGate, final DistributionPattern distributionPattern) {
		this.connectedVertex = connectedVertex;
		this.channelType = channelType;
		this.indexOfInputGate = indexOfInputGate;
		this.distributionPattern = distributionPattern;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the channel type assigned to this edge.
	 * 
	 * @return the channel type assigned to this edge
	 */
	public ChannelType getChannelType() {
		return this.channelType;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the vertex this edge is connected to.
	 * 
	 * @return the vertex this edge is connected to
	 */
	public AbstractJobVertex getConnectedVertex() {
		return this.connectedVertex;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the index of the consuming task's input gate that this edge connects to.
	 * 
	 * @return the index of the consuming task's input gate that this edge connects to
	 */
	public int getIndexOfInputGate() {
		return this.indexOfInputGate;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the distribution pattern used for this edge.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public DistributionPattern getDistributionPattern(){
		return this.distributionPattern;
	}
}