lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Network/Group/Operators/IScatterSender.cs

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using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Org.Apache.REEF.Network.Group.Operators
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Group Communication operator used to scatter a list of elements to all
    /// of the IScatterReceivers.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The message type</typeparam>
    public interface IScatterSender<T> : IGroupCommOperator<T>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Split up the list of elements evenly and scatter each chunk
        /// to the IScatterReceivers.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="elements">The list of elements to send.</param>
        void Send(List<T> elements);

        /// <summary>
        /// Split up the list of elements and scatter each chunk
        /// to the IScatterReceivers.  Each receiver will receive
        /// a sublist of the specified size.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="elements">The list of elements to send.</param>
        /// <param name="count">The size of each sublist</param>
        void Send(List<T> elements, int count);

        /// <summary>
        /// Split up the list of elements and scatter each chunk
        /// to the IScatterReceivers in the specified task order.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="elements">The list of elements to send.</param>
        /// <param name="order">The list of task identifiers representing
        /// the order in which to scatter each sublist</param>
        void Send(List<T> elements, List<string> order);
    }
}