BlockWriter.java

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package com.linkedin.cubert.block;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;

/**
 * An object that writes a {@code Block}.
 * 
 * This object is used to write the block both at the mapper and the reducer.
 * 
 * @author Maneesh Varshney
 * 
 */
public interface BlockWriter
{
    void configure(JsonNode json) throws JsonParseException,
            JsonMappingException,
            IOException;

    void write(Block block, CommonContext context) throws IOException,
            InterruptedException;
}