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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.join;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;

/**
 * Additional operations required of a RecordReader to participate in a join.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public abstract class ComposableRecordReader<K extends WritableComparable<?>,
                                             V extends Writable>
    extends RecordReader<K,V>
    implements Comparable<ComposableRecordReader<K,?>> {

  /**
   * Return the position in the collector this class occupies.
   */
  abstract int id();

  /**
   * Return the key this RecordReader would supply on a call to next(K,V)
   */
  abstract K key();

  /**
   * Clone the key at the head of this RecordReader into the object provided.
   */
  abstract void key(K key) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Create instance of key.
   */
  abstract K createKey();
  
  /**
   * Create instance of value.
   */
  abstract V createValue();
  
  /**
   * Returns true if the stream is not empty, but provides no guarantee that
   * a call to next(K,V) will succeed.
   */
  abstract boolean hasNext();

  /**
   * Skip key-value pairs with keys less than or equal to the key provided.
   */
  abstract void skip(K key) throws IOException, InterruptedException;

  /**
   * While key-value pairs from this RecordReader match the given key, register
   * them with the JoinCollector provided.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  abstract void accept(CompositeRecordReader.JoinCollector jc, K key) 
      throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}