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package org.apache.tez.runtime.api;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
/**
* Represents an input through which a {@link Processor} receives data on an edge.
* </p>
*
* This interface has methods which can be used by a {@link org.apache.tez.runtime.api.Processor}
* to control execution of this Input and read data from it.
*
* Actual implementations are expected to derive from {@link AbstractLogicalInput}
*/
@Public
public interface Input {
/**
* Start any processing that the Input may need to perform. It is the
* responsibility of the Processor to start Inputs.
*
* This typically acts as a signal to Inputs to start any Processing that they
* may required. A blocking implementation of this method should not be used
* as a mechanism to determine when an Input is actually ready.
*
* This method may be invoked by the framework under certain circumstances,
* and as such requires the implementation to be non-blocking.
*
* Inputs must be written to handle multiple start invocations - typically
* honoring only the first one.
*
* @throws Exception
*/
public void start() throws Exception;
/**
* Gets an instance of the {@link Reader} for this <code>Output</code>
*
* @return Gets an instance of the {@link Reader} for this <code>Output</code>
* @throws Exception
* if an error occurs
*/
public Reader getReader() throws Exception;
}