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package org.apache.crunch.types;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.crunch.DoFn;

/**
 * Converts the input key/value from a MapReduce task into the input to a
 * {@link DoFn}, or takes the output of a {@code DoFn} and write it to the
 * output key/values.
 */
public interface Converter<K, V, S, T> extends Serializable {
  S convertInput(K key, V value);

  T convertIterableInput(K key, Iterable<V> value);

  K outputKey(S value);

  V outputValue(S value);

  Class<K> getKeyClass();

  Class<V> getValueClass();

  /**
   * If true, convert the inputs or outputs from this {@code Converter} instance
   * before (for outputs) or after (for inputs) using the associated PType#getInputMapFn
   * and PType#getOutputMapFn calls.
   */
  boolean applyPTypeTransforms();
}