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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
/**
* <code>RecordWriter</code> writes the output <key, value> pairs
* to an output file.
* <p><code>RecordWriter</code> implementations write the job outputs to the
* {@link FileSystem}.
*
* @see OutputFormat
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public abstract class RecordWriter<K, V> {
/**
* Writes a key/value pair.
*
* @param key the key to write.
* @param value the value to write.
* @throws IOException
*/
public abstract void write(K key, V value
) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
/**
* Close this <code>RecordWriter</code> to future operations.
*
* @param context the context of the task
* @throws IOException
*/
public abstract void close(TaskAttemptContext context
) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}