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package org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.PipelineRunner;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.annotations.Internal;
/**
* <b><i>For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees.</i></b>
*
* <p>How a view should be physically materialized by a {@link PipelineRunner}.
*
* <p>A {@link PipelineRunner} will support some set of materializations, and will reject
* {@link ViewFn ViewFns} that require materializations it does not support. See
* {@link Materializations} for known implementations.
*/
@Internal
public interface Materialization<T> {
/**
* Gets the URN describing this {@link Materialization}. This is a stable, SDK-independent URN
* understood by a {@link PipelineRunner}.
*/
String getUrn();
}