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package org.apache.crunch.materialize.pobject;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.crunch.PCollection;

/**
 * A concrete implementation of {@link PObjectImpl} that uses the first element in the backing
 * {@link PCollection} as the {@link org.apache.crunch.PObject} value.
 *
 * @param <T> The value type of this {@code PObject}.
 */
public class FirstElementPObject<T> extends PObjectImpl<T, T> {

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance of this {@code PObject} implementation.
   *
   * @param collect The backing {@code PCollection} for this {@code PObject}.
   */
  public FirstElementPObject(PCollection<T> collect) {
    super(collect);
  }

  /** {@inheritDoc} */
  @Override
  public T process(Iterable<T> input) {
    Iterator<T> itr = input.iterator();
    if (itr.hasNext()) {
      return itr.next();
    }
    return null;
  }
}