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ReadableSource (Apache Crunch 0.8.0 API)

org.apache.crunch.io
Interface ReadableSource<T>

All Superinterfaces:
Source<T>
All Known Subinterfaces:
ReadableSourceTarget<T>

public interface ReadableSource<T>
extends Source<T>

An extension of the Source interface that indicates that a Source instance may be read as a series of records by the client code. This is used to determine whether a PCollection instance can be materialized.


Method Summary
 ReadableData<T> asReadable()
           
 Iterable<T> read(org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf)
          Returns an Iterable that contains the contents of this source.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.crunch.Source
configureSource, getConverter, getLastModifiedAt, getSize, getType, inputConf
 

Method Detail

read

Iterable<T> read(org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf)
                 throws IOException
Returns an Iterable that contains the contents of this source.

Parameters:
conf - The current Configuration instance
Returns:
the contents of this Source as an Iterable instance
Throws:
IOException

asReadable

ReadableData<T> asReadable()
Returns:
a ReadableData instance containing the data referenced by this ReadableSource.


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