FlowSkipStrategy.java

/*
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package cascading.flow;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface FlowSkipStrategy is used to create new strategies that decide when a {@link Flow} should
 * be skipped when executed in a {@link cascading.cascade.Cascade}. The default strategy is
 * {@link cascading.flow.FlowSkipIfSinkStale}.
 *
 * @see cascading.flow.FlowSkipIfSinkExists
 * @see cascading.flow.FlowSkipIfSinkStale
 */
public interface FlowSkipStrategy
  {
  boolean skipFlow( Flow flow ) throws IOException;
  }