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package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;

/**
 * Users can extend this class to implement the desired vertex partitioning behavior.
 * 
 * @author yingyib
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
public abstract class VertexPartitioner<I extends WritableComparable> {

    /**
     * @param vertexId
     *            The input vertex id.
     * @param nPartitions
     *            The total number of partitions.
     * @return The partition id.
     */
    public abstract int getPartitionId(I vertexId, int nPartitions);

}