hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/erasurecode/rawcoder/RawErasureDecoder.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.rawcoder;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECChunk;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * RawErasureDecoder performs decoding given chunks of input data and generates
 * missing data that corresponds to an erasure code scheme, like XOR and
 * Reed-Solomon.
 *
 * It extends the {@link RawErasureCoder} interface.
 */
public interface RawErasureDecoder extends RawErasureCoder {

  /**
   * Decode with inputs and erasedIndexes, generates outputs.
   * How to prepare for inputs:
   * 1. Create an array containing parity units + data units. Please note the
   *    parity units should be first or before the data units.
   * 2. Set null in the array locations specified via erasedIndexes to indicate
   *    they're erased and no data are to read from;
   * 3. Set null in the array locations for extra redundant items, as they're
   *    not necessary to read when decoding. For example in RS-6-3, if only 1
   *    unit is really erased, then we have 2 extra items as redundant. They can
   *    be set as null to indicate no data will be used from them.
   *
   * For an example using RS (6, 3), assuming sources (d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5)
   * and parities (p0, p1, p2), d2 being erased. We can and may want to use only
   * 6 units like (d1, d3, d4, d5, p0, p2) to recover d2. We will have:
   *     inputs = [p0, null(p1), p2, null(d0), d1, null(d2), d3, d4, d5]
   *     erasedIndexes = [5] // index of d2 into inputs array
   *     outputs = [a-writable-buffer]
   *
   * Note, for both inputs and outputs, no mixing of on-heap buffers and direct
   * buffers are allowed.
   *
   * @param inputs inputs to read data from, contents may change after the call
   * @param erasedIndexes indexes of erased units in the inputs array
   * @param outputs outputs to write into for data generated according to
   *                erasedIndexes, ready for reading the result data from after
   *                the call
   */
  public void decode(ByteBuffer[] inputs, int[] erasedIndexes,
                     ByteBuffer[] outputs);

  /**
   * Decode with inputs and erasedIndexes, generates outputs. More see above.
   * @param inputs inputs to read data from, contents may change after the call
   * @param erasedIndexes indexes of erased units in the inputs array
   * @param outputs outputs to write into for data generated according to
   *                erasedIndexes, ready for reading the result data from after
   *                the call
   */
  public void decode(byte[][] inputs, int[] erasedIndexes, byte[][] outputs);

  /**
   * Decode with inputs and erasedIndexes, generates outputs. More see above.
   *
   * Note, for both input and output ECChunks, no mixing of on-heap buffers and
   * direct buffers are allowed.
   *
   * @param inputs inputs to read data from, contents may change after the call
   * @param erasedIndexes indexes of erased units in the inputs array
   * @param outputs outputs to write into for data generated according to
   *                erasedIndexes, ready for reading the result data from after
   *                the call
   */
  public void decode(ECChunk[] inputs, int[] erasedIndexes, ECChunk[] outputs);

}