source: sample/hadoop-0.17/tw/org/nchc/util/KeyValueProcess.java @ 53

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 * Cloud9: A MapReduce Library for Hadoop
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package tw.org.nchc.util;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;

/**
 * <p>
 * Interface that defines the callback associated with
 * {@link SequenceFileProcessor}. For each key-value pair, the
 * <code>SequenceFileProcessor</code> calls {@link #process}; this needs to
 * be instantiated by the user. After all the key-value pairs are processed,
 * <code>SequenceFileProcessor</code> calls {@link #report}; this also needs
 * to be instantiated by the user. Results of computations are retrieved using
 * {@link #getProperty(String)}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @param <K>
 *            type of key
 * @param <V>
 *            type of value
 */
public abstract class KeyValueProcess<K extends WritableComparable, V extends Writable> {
  private Map<String, Object> mHash = new HashMap<String, Object>();

  /**
   * Creates a new <code>KeyValueProcess</code>
   */
  public KeyValueProcess() {
  }

  /**
   * Called by {@link SequenceFileProcessor} for every key-value pair. This
   * method needs to be defined by the user.
   * 
   * @param key
   *            the key
   * @param value
   *            the value
   */
  public abstract void process(K key, V value);

  /**
   * Called by {@link SequenceFileProcessor} after all key-value pairs have
   * been processed. This methods needs to be defined by the user; typical
   * instantiations would record results of the computation using
   * {@link #setProperty(String, Object)}.
   */
  public abstract void report();

  /**
   * Sets a property. Used for recording the results of computational
   * performed by this class.
   * 
   * @param property
   *            property
   * @param value
   *            value of the property
   */
  public void setProperty(String property, Object value) {
    mHash.put(property, value);
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves a property. Used for retrieving results of a computational
   * performed by this class.
   * 
   * @param property
   *            property
   * @return value of the property
   */
  public Object getProperty(String property) {
    return mHash.get(property);
  }

}