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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Evolving;

@Public
@Evolving
public interface InputSplitWithLocationInfo extends InputSplit {
  /**
   * Gets info about which nodes the input split is stored on and how it is
   * stored at each location.
   * 
   * @return list of <code>SplitLocationInfo</code>s describing how the split
   *    data is stored at each location. A null value indicates that all the
   *    locations have the data stored on disk.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  SplitLocationInfo[] getLocationInfo() throws IOException;
}