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package edu.isi.nlp.files;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Something which accepts key value pairs. Typically this will write to some data store which can
 * later be opened as a {@link KeyValueSource}, but this is not required.
 *
 * Some standard implementations are provided in {@link KeyValueSinks}.
 *
 * @param  type of the key
 * @param  type of the value
 * @author Constantine Lignos, Ryan Gabbard
 */
public interface KeyValueSink extends AutoCloseable {

  /** Put the specified key and value. */
  void put(K key, V value) throws IOException;

  // This override is necessary to change the exception signature from Exception
  @Override
  void close() throws IOException;
}