hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriterFactory.java

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package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.api;

import java.io.Serializable;

import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;

/**
 * Users need to implement this interface to use the HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.
 */
public interface ITupleWriterFactory extends Serializable {

    /**
     * @param ctx
     *            the IHyracksTaskContext
     * @return a tuple writer instance
     */
    public ITupleWriter getTupleWriter(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException;

}