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package org.apache.tez.runtime.library.api;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.tez.runtime.api.Writer;

/**
 * A key/value(s) pair based {@link Writer}
 */
public interface KVWriter extends Writer {
  /**
   * Writes a key/value pair.
   * 
   * @param key
   *          the key to write
   * @param value
   *          the value to write
   * @throws IOException
   *           if an error occurs
   */
  public void write(Object key, Object value) throws IOException;
}