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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 HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.
 * 
 * @param <K>
 *            the key type
 * @param <V>
 *            the value type
 */
public interface IKeyValueParserFactory<K, V> extends Serializable {

    /**
     * This method creates a key-value parser.
     * 
     * @param ctx
     *            the IHyracksTaskContext
     * @return a key-value parser instance.
     */
    public IKeyValueParser<K, V> createKeyValueParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException;

}