giraph-core/src/main/java/org/apache/giraph/master/MasterGlobalCommUsageAggregators.java

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package org.apache.giraph.master;

import org.apache.giraph.reducers.ReduceOperation;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * Master compute can access reduce and broadcast methods
 * through this interface, from masterCompute method.
 */
public interface MasterGlobalCommUsageAggregators {
  /**
   * Register reducer to be reduced in the next worker computation,
   * using given name and operations.
   * @param name Name of the reducer
   * @param reduceOp Reduce operations
   * @param <S> Single value type
   * @param <R> Reduced value type
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> void registerReducer(
      String name, ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp);

  /**
   * Register reducer to be reduced in the next worker computation, using
   * given name and operations, starting globally from globalInitialValue.
   * (globalInitialValue is reduced only once, each worker will still start
   * from neutral initial value)
   *
   * @param name Name of the reducer
   * @param reduceOp Reduce operations
   * @param globalInitialValue Global initial value
   * @param <S> Single value type
   * @param <R> Reduced value type
   */
  <S, R extends Writable> void registerReducer(
      String name, ReduceOperation<S, R> reduceOp, R globalInitialValue);

  /**
   * Get reduced value from previous worker computation.
   * @param name Name of the reducer
   * @return Reduced value
   * @param <R> Reduced value type
   */
  <R extends Writable> R getReduced(String name);

  /**
   * Broadcast given value to all workers for next computation.
   * @param name Name of the broadcast object
   * @param value Value
   */
  void broadcast(String name, Writable value);
}