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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred.nativetask;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * interacts with native side to support Java Combiner
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface ICombineHandler {

  /**
   * run combiner
   */
  public void combine() throws IOException;

  /**
   * @return id of this handler
   */
  public long getId();

  /**
   * close handlers, buffer pullers and pushers
   */
  public void close() throws IOException;
}