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| |
| |
| package org.apache.flink.api.common.distributions; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving; |
| import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation; |
| import org.apache.flink.core.io.IOReadableWritable; |
| |
| @PublicEvolving |
| public interface DataDistribution extends IOReadableWritable, Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the i'th bucket's upper bound, given that the distribution is to be |
| * split into {@code totalBuckets} buckets. |
| * <p> |
| * Assuming <i>n</i> buckets, let {@code B_i} be the result from calling {@code getBucketBoundary(i, n)}, |
| * then the distribution will partition the data domain in the following fashion: |
| * <pre> |
| * (-inf, B_1] (B_1, B_2] ... (B_n-2, B_n-1] (B_n-1, inf) |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * Note: The last bucket's upper bound is actually discarded by many algorithms. |
| * The last bucket is assumed to hold all values <i>v</i> such that |
| * {@code v > getBucketBoundary(n-1, n)}, where <i>n</i> is the number of buckets. |
| * |
| * @param bucketNum The number of the bucket for which to get the upper bound. |
| * @param totalNumBuckets The number of buckets to split the data into. |
| * |
| * @return A record whose values act as bucket boundaries for the specified bucket. |
| */ |
| Object[] getBucketBoundary(int bucketNum, int totalNumBuckets); |
| |
| /** |
| * The number of fields in the (composite) key. This determines how many fields in the records define |
| * the bucket. The number of fields must be the size of the array returned by the function |
| * {@link #getBucketBoundary(int, int)}. |
| * |
| * @return The number of fields in the (composite) key. |
| */ |
| int getNumberOfFields(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the type of the key by which the dataSet is partitioned. |
| * @return The type of the key by which the dataSet is partitioned. |
| */ |
| TypeInformation[] getKeyTypes(); |
| } |