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namespace Org.Apache.REEF.IMRU.API
{
/// <summary>
/// The interface for the Update function of IMRU
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Objects implementing this interface are stateful.
/// </remarks>
/// <typeparam name="TMapInput">The type of the side information provided to the Map function</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TMapOutput">The return type of the Map function</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The return type of the computation.</typeparam>
public interface IUpdateFunction<TMapInput, in TMapOutput, TResult>
{
/// <summary>
/// The Update task for IMRU.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The input produced by the IMapFunction instances after it was passed through the IReduceFunction.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
UpdateResult<TMapInput, TResult> Update(TMapOutput input);
/// <summary>
/// Called at the beginning of the computation.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
UpdateResult<TMapInput, TResult> Initialize();
}
}