hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IResultSerializerFactory.java

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package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value;

import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

public interface IResultSerializerFactory extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Creates a result serialized appender
     * 
     * @param printStream
     *            - A print stream object to which the serialized results will be written.
     * @return A new instance of result serialized appender.
     */
    public IResultSerializer createResultSerializer(RecordDescriptor recordDesc, PrintStream printStream);
}