giraph-block-app/src/main/java/org/apache/giraph/block_app/framework/api/CreateReducersApi.java

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package org.apache.giraph.block_app.framework.api;

import org.apache.giraph.block_app.framework.piece.global_comm.ReducerHandle;
import org.apache.giraph.reducers.ReduceOperation;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * Api for creating reducer handles.
 */
public interface CreateReducersApi extends BlockConfApi {

  /**
   * Create local reducer, returning a handle to it.
   *
   * Local reducer means that each worker thread has it's own local partially
   * reduced value, which are at the end reduced all together.
   * Preferable, unless it cannot be used, because all copies of the object
   * do not fit the memory.
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> ReducerHandle<S, R> createLocalReducer(
      ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp);

  /**
   * Create local reducer, returning a handle to it.
   *
   * Local reducer means that each worker thread has it's own local partially
   *  reduced value, which are at the end reduced all together.
   * Preferable, unless it cannot be used, because all copies of the object
   * do not fit the memory.
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> ReducerHandle<S, R> createLocalReducer(
      ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp, R globalInitialValue);

  /**
   * Create global reducer, returning a handle to it.
   *
   * Global reducer means that there is only one value for each worker,
   * and each call to reduce will have to obtain a global lock, and incur
   * synchronization costs.
   * Use only when objects are so large, that having many copies cannot
   * fit into memory.
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> ReducerHandle<S, R> createGlobalReducer(
      ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp);

  /**
   * Create global reducer, returning a handle to it.
   *
   * Global reducer means that there is only one value for each worker,
   * and each call to reduce will have to obtain a global lock, and incur
   * synchronization costs.
   * Use only when objects are so large, that having many copies cannot
   * fit into memory.
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> ReducerHandle<S, R> createGlobalReducer(
      ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp, R globalInitialValue);

  /**
   * Function that creates a reducer - abstracting away whether it is
   * local or global reducer
   */
  public interface CreateReducerFunctionApi {
    <S, R extends Writable> ReducerHandle<S, R> createReducer(
        ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp);
  }
}