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| package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data; |
| |
| import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory; |
| |
| /** |
| * Ideally, {@code IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider} should be stateless and thread-safe. Also, it should be made into |
| * a singleton. However, this is implementation-dependent. |
| */ |
| public interface IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Whether a singleton factory instance is returned or a new factory instance is created is implementation-specific. |
| * Therefore, no assumption should be made in this regard. |
| * TODO: some existing implementations create a new factory instance |
| * |
| * @param type the type of the data that will be hashed. |
| * |
| * @return a {@link IBinaryHashFunctionFactory} instance. |
| */ |
| IBinaryHashFunctionFactory getBinaryHashFunctionFactory(Object type); |
| } |