reducer.java

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 * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Iterator;

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

/** Reduces a set of intermediate values which share a key to a smaller set of
 * values.  Input values are the grouped output of a {@link Mapper}. */
public interface Reducer extends JobConfigurable, Closeable {
  /** Combines values for a given key.  Output values must be of the same type
   * as input values.  Input keys must not be altered.  Typically all values
   * are combined into zero or one value.  Output pairs are collected with
   * calls to {@link OutputCollector#collect(WritableComparable,Writable)}.
   *
   * @param key the key
   * @param values the values to combine
   * @param output to collect combined values
   */
  void reduce(WritableComparable key, Iterator values,
              OutputCollector output, Reporter reporter)
    throws IOException;

}