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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
/**
* InputSplit
represents the data to be processed by an
* individual {@link Mapper}.
*
* Typically, it presents a byte-oriented view on the input and is the
* responsibility of {@link RecordReader} of the job to process this and present
* a record-oriented view.
*
* @see InputFormat
* @see RecordReader
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public interface InputSplit extends Writable {
/**
* Get the total number of bytes in the data of the InputSplit
.
*
* @return the number of bytes in the input split.
* @throws IOException
*/
long getLength() throws IOException;
/**
* Get the list of hostnames where the input split is located.
*
* @return list of hostnames where data of the InputSplit
is
* located as an array of String
s.
* @throws IOException
*/
String[] getLocations() throws IOException;
}