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package org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.codec;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.coder.ErasureCoder;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.grouper.BlockGrouper;
/**
* Erasure Codec API that's to cover the essential specific aspects of a code.
* Currently it cares only block grouper and erasure coder. In future we may
* add more aspects here to make the behaviors customizable.
*/
public interface ErasureCodec extends Configurable {
/**
* Create block grouper
* @return block grouper
*/
public BlockGrouper createBlockGrouper();
/**
* Create Erasure Encoder
* @return erasure encoder
*/
public ErasureCoder createEncoder();
/**
* Create Erasure Decoder
* @return erasure decoder
*/
public ErasureCoder createDecoder();
}