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package org.apache.hadoop.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;

/**
 * A tool interface that supports handling of generic command-line options.
 * 
 * Tool, is the standard for any Map-Reduce tool/application. 
 * The tool/application should delegate the handling of 
 * 
 * standard command-line options to {@link ToolRunner#run(Tool, String[])} 
 * and only handle its custom arguments.
 * 
 * Here is how a typical Tool is implemented:
 * 
 *     public class MyApp extends Configured implements Tool {
 *     
 *       public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
 *         // Configuration processed by ToolRunner
 *         Configuration conf = getConf();
 *         
 *         // Create a JobConf using the processed conf
 *         JobConf job = new JobConf(conf, MyApp.class);
 *         
 *         // Process custom command-line options
 *         Path in = new Path(args[1]);
 *         Path out = new Path(args[2]);
 *         
 *         // Specify various job-specific parameters     
 *         job.setJobName("my-app");
 *         job.setInputPath(in);
 *         job.setOutputPath(out);
 *         job.setMapperClass(MyMapper.class);
 *         job.setReducerClass(MyReducer.class);
 *
 *         // Submit the job, then poll for progress until the job is complete
 *         RunningJob runningJob = JobClient.runJob(job);
 *         if (runningJob.isSuccessful()) {
 *           return 0;
 *         } else {
 *           return 1;
 *         }
 *       }
 *       
 *       public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 *         // Let ToolRunner handle generic command-line options 
 *         int res = ToolRunner.run(new Configuration(), new MyApp(), args);
 *         
 *         System.exit(res);
 *       }
 *     }
 * 

 * 
 * @see GenericOptionsParser
 * @see ToolRunner
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public interface Tool extends Configurable {
  /**
   * Execute the command with the given arguments.
   * 
   * @param args command specific arguments.
   * @return exit code.
   * @throws Exception
   */
  int run(String [] args) throws Exception;
}