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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reducer;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.OutputCollector;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceBase;

/** Performs no reduction, writing all input values directly to the output. 
 * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Reducer} instead.
 */
@Deprecated
public class IdentityReducer<K, V>
    extends MapReduceBase implements Reducer<K, V, K, V> {

  /** Writes all keys and values directly to output. */
  public void reduce(K key, Iterator<V> values,
                     OutputCollector<K, V> output, Reporter reporter)
    throws IOException {
    while (values.hasNext()) {
      output.collect(key, values.next());
    }
  }
	
}