tez-runtime-library/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/runtime/library/api/KeyValueReader.java

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

import java.io.IOException;

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

/**
 * A key/value(s) pair based {@link Reader}.
 * 
 * Example usage
 * <code>
 * while (kvReader.next()) {
 *   Object key =  kvReader.getCurrentKey();
 *   Object value = kvReader.getCurrentValue();
 * </code>
 *
 */
public interface KeyValueReader extends Reader {

  /**
   * Moves to the next key/values(s) pair
   * 
   * @return true if another key/value(s) pair exists, false if there are no more.
   * @throws IOException
   *           if an error occurs
   */
  public boolean next() throws IOException;

  
  /**
   * Returns the current key
   * @return the current key
   */
  public Object getCurrentKey() throws IOException;
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the current value
   * @return the current value
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public Object getCurrentValue() throws IOException;
}