flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/functions/MapPartitionFunction.java

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package org.apache.flink.api.common.functions;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public;
import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Interface for "mapPartition" functions. A "mapPartition" function is called a single time per
 * data partition receives an Iterable with data elements of that partition. It may return an 
 * arbitrary number of data elements.
 * <p>
 * This function is intended to provide enhanced flexibility in the processing of elements in a partition.
 * For most of the simple use cases, consider using the {@link MapFunction} or {@link FlatMapFunction}.
 * <p>
 * The basic syntax for a MapPartitionFunction is as follows:
 * <pre>{@code
 * DataSet<X> input = ...;
 * 
 * DataSet<Y> result = input.mapPartition(new MyMapPartitionFunction());
 * }</pre>
 * 
 * @param <T> Type of the input elements.
 * @param <O> Type of the returned elements.
 */
@Public
public interface MapPartitionFunction<T, O> extends Function, Serializable {
	
	/**
	 * A user-implemented function that modifies or transforms an incoming object.
	 *
	 * @param values All records for the mapper
	 * @param out The collector to hand results to.
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	void mapPartition(Iterable<T> values, Collector<O> out) throws Exception;
}