org.springframework.data.hadoop.store.split
Interface Splitter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSplitter, SlopBlockSplitter, StaticBlockSplitter, StaticLengthSplitter

public interface Splitter

A strategy interface for creating a list of Splits based on a Path representing a hdfs resource.

Author:

Janne Valkealahti

Method Summary

java.util.List<Split>

getSplits(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path path) Gets the input splits for a Path.

Method Detail

getSplits

java.util.List<Split> getSplits(org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path path)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Gets the input splits for a Path. A path needs to be a resource which can be split into a list of splits. Actual implementation will define if split is enforced to be a single file or a collection of files.

Parameters:

path - the path

Returns:

the input splits

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.