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18
19 package org.apache.giraph.aggregators;
20
21 import java.io.IOException;
22 import java.util.Map.Entry;
23
24 import org.apache.giraph.conf.ImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable;
25 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
26 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper.Context;
27
28 /**
29 * An AggregatorWriter is used to export Aggregators during or at the end of
30 * each computation. It runs on the master and it's called at the end of each
31 * superstep. The special signal {@link AggregatorWriter#LAST_SUPERSTEP} is
32 * passed to {@link AggregatorWriter#writeAggregator(Iterable, long)} as the
33 * superstep value to signal the end of computation.
34 */
35 public interface AggregatorWriter extends ImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable {
36 /** Signal for last superstep */
37 int LAST_SUPERSTEP = -1;
38
39 /**
40 * The method is called at the initialization of the AggregatorWriter.
41 * More precisely, the aggregatorWriter is initialized each time a new
42 * master is elected.
43 *
44 * @param context Mapper Context where the master is running on
45 * @param applicationAttempt ID of the applicationAttempt, used to
46 * disambiguate aggregator writes for different attempts
47 * @throws IOException
48 */
49 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
50 void initialize(Context context, long applicationAttempt) throws IOException;
51
52 /**
53 * The method is called at the end of each superstep. The user might decide
54 * whether to write the aggregators values for the current superstep. For
55 * the last superstep, {@link AggregatorWriter#LAST_SUPERSTEP} is passed.
56 *
57 * @param aggregatorMap Map from aggregator name to aggregator value
58 * @param superstep Current superstep
59 * @throws IOException
60 */
61 void writeAggregator(
62 Iterable<Entry<String, Writable>> aggregatorMap,
63 long superstep) throws IOException;
64
65 /**
66 * The method is called at the end of a successful computation. The method
67 * is not called when the job fails and a new master is elected. For this
68 * reason it's advised to flush data at the end of
69 * {@link AggregatorWriter#writeAggregator(Iterable, long)}.
70 *
71 * @throws IOException
72 */
73 void close() throws IOException;
74 }