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package org.apache.tez.mapreduce.hadoop;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Private;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.security.Credentials;
import org.apache.tez.dag.api.VertexLocationHint.TaskLocationHint;
import org.apache.tez.mapreduce.protos.MRRuntimeProtos.MRSplitsProto;

// TODO Fix this to be more usable. Interface is broken since half the methods apply to only a specific type.

/**
 * Provides information about input splits.</p>
 * 
 * The get*Path methods are only applicable when generating splits to disk. The
 * getSplitsProto method is only applicable when generating splits to memory.
 * 
 */
@Private
@Unstable
public interface InputSplitInfo {

  public enum Type {
    DISK, MEM
  }
  /**
   * Get the TaskLocationHints for each task
   */
  public abstract List<TaskLocationHint> getTaskLocationHints();

  /**
   * Get the path to the splits meta info file
   */
  public abstract Path getSplitsMetaInfoFile();

  /**
   * Get the path to the splits file
   */
  public abstract Path getSplitsFile();

  /**
   * Get the splits proto
   */
  public abstract MRSplitsProto getSplitsProto();
  
  /**
   * Get the number of splits that were generated. Same as number of tasks that
   * should be run for the vertex processing these set of splits.
   */
  public abstract int getNumTasks();
  
  /**
   * Get the {@link Type} of the InputSplitInfo
   */
  public abstract Type getType();
  
  /**
   * Get {@link Credentials} which may be required to access the splits.
   * @return {@link Credentials} which may be required to access the splits.
   */
  public abstract Credentials getCredentials();
}