crunch-core/src/main/java/org/apache/crunch/SourceTarget.java

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package org.apache.crunch;

/**
 * An interface for classes that implement both the {@code Source} and the
 * {@code Target} interfaces.
 *
 */
public interface SourceTarget<T> extends Source<T>, Target {
  /**
   * Adds the given key-value pair to the {@code Configuration} instance(s) that are used to
   * read and write this {@code SourceTarget<T>}. Allows for multiple inputs and outputs to
   * re-use the same config keys with different values when necessary.
   */
  SourceTarget<T> conf(String key, String value);
}