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

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public;

/**
 * Rich variant of the {@link ReduceFunction}. As a {@link RichFunction}, it gives access to the
 * {@link org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RuntimeContext} and provides setup and teardown methods:
 * {@link RichFunction#open(org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration)} and
 * {@link RichFunction#close()}.
 * 
 * @param <T> Type of the elements that this function processes.
 */
@Public
public abstract class RichReduceFunction<T> extends AbstractRichFunction implements ReduceFunction<T> {
	
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	@Override
	public abstract T reduce(T value1, T value2) throws Exception;
}