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| |
| package org.apache.gora.query; |
| |
| import org.apache.gora.persistency.Persistent; |
| |
| /** |
| * PartitionQuery divides the results of the Query to multi partitions, so that |
| * queries can be run locally on the nodes that hold the data. PartitionQuery's are |
| * used for generating Hadoop InputSplits. |
| */ |
| public interface PartitionQuery<K, T extends Persistent> extends Query<K, T> { |
| |
| /* PartitionQuery interface relaxes the dependency of DataStores to Hadoop*/ |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the locations on which this partial query will run locally. |
| * @return the addresses of machines |
| */ |
| String[] getLocations(); |
| |
| } |
