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package org.apache.giraph.utils;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * The objects provided by this iterator have lifetimes only until next() is
 * called.  In that sense, the object provided is only a representative object.
 *
 * @param <T> Type that extends Writable that will be iterated
 */
public abstract class RepresentativeByteStructIterator<T extends
    Writable> extends ByteStructIterator<T> {
  /** Representative writable */
  private final T representativeWritable = createWritable();

  /**
   * Wrap ExtendedDataInput in ByteArrayIterator
   *
   * @param extendedDataInput ExtendedDataInput
   */
  public RepresentativeByteStructIterator(ExtendedDataInput extendedDataInput) {
    super(extendedDataInput);
  }

  @Override
  public T next() {
    try {
      representativeWritable.readFields(extendedDataInput);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new IllegalStateException("next: readFields got IOException", e);
    }
    return representativeWritable;
  }
}