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package org.apache.ignite.stream;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Stream tuple extractor to convert a single message to zero, one or many tuples.
 * <p>
 * For cases where cardinality will always be 1:1 (or 0:1), you may consider {@link StreamTupleExtractor}.
 *
 * @see StreamTupleExtractor
 */
public interface StreamMultipleTupleExtractor<T, K, V> {
    /**
     * Extracts a set of key-values from a message.
     *
     * @param msg Message.
     * @return Map containing resulting tuples.
     */
    public Map<K, V> extract(T msg);
}