/*
* Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Concurrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
*
* This file is part of the Cascading project.
*
* Cascading is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Cascading is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Cascading. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package cascading.tap;
/**
* Enum SinkMode identifies supported modes a Tap may utilize when used as a sink.
* <p/>
* Mode KEEP is the default. Typically a failure will result if the resource exists and there is an attempt to
* write to it.
* <p/>
* Mode REPLACE will delete/remove the resource before any attempts to write.
* <p/>
* Mode UPDATE will attempt to re-use to the resource, if supported.
*/
public enum SinkMode
{
KEEP,
REPLACE,
UPDATE,
@Deprecated APPEND
}