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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.LoadBalancer;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;

/**
 * The class that creates a load balancer from a conf.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public class LoadBalancerFactory {

  /**
   * Create a loadbalancer from the given conf.
   * @param conf
   * @return A {@link LoadBalancer}
   */
  public static LoadBalancer getLoadBalancer(Configuration conf) {

    // Create the balancer
    Class<? extends LoadBalancer> balancerKlass =
        conf.getClass(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS, StochasticLoadBalancer.class,
          LoadBalancer.class);
    return ReflectionUtils.newInstance(balancerKlass, conf);

  }
}