AvroRecordBuilderFactory.java

/**
 * Copyright 2013 Cloudera Inc.
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package org.kitesdk.data.hbase.avro;

/**
 * An interface to construct AvroRecordBuilders. The avro entity mappers need to
 * be able to create new AvroRecordBuilders of the type they are configured to
 * construct.
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *          The type of AvroRecord the builder will create.
 */
public interface AvroRecordBuilderFactory<T> {

  /**
   * Get a new AvroRecordBuilder instance.
   * 
   * @return The AvroRecordBuilder instance.
   */
  public AvroRecordBuilder<T> getBuilder();

  /**
   * Get the class of record the AvroRecordBuilder this factory returns will
   * construct.
   * 
   * @return The class.
   */
  public Class<T> getRecordClass();
}