algebricks/algebricks-data/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/data/IResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java

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package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IResultSerializerFactory;

public interface IResultSerializerFactoryProvider extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Returns a result serializer factory
     * 
     * @param fields
     *            - A position of the fields in the order it should be written in the output.
     * @param printerFactories
     *            - A printer factory array to print the tuple containing different fields.
     * @param writerFactory
     *            - A writer factory to write the serialized data to the print stream.
     * @param inputRecordDesc
     *            - The record descriptor describing the input frame to be serialized.
     * @return A new instance of result serialized appender.
     */
    public IResultSerializerFactory getAqlResultSerializerFactoryProvider(int[] fields,
            IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory);
}