samza-api/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/task/InitableTask.java

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package org.apache.samza.task;

import org.apache.samza.context.Context;


/**
 * Used as an interface for user processing StreamTasks that need to have specific functionality performed as their StreamTasks
 * are instantiated by TaskRunner.
 */
public interface InitableTask {
  /**
   * Called by TaskRunner each time an implementing task is created.
   * @param context Allows accessing of contextual data of this StreamTask.
   * @throws Exception Any exception types encountered during the execution of the processing task.
   */
  void init(Context context) throws Exception;
}