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/* * Copyright 2016 Crown Copyright * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package gaffer.function; import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore; import gaffer.function.annotation.Inputs; import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError; import java.util.Arrays; /** * A <code>ConsumerFunction</code> is a {@link gaffer.function.Function} that consumes input records. Implementations * should be annotated with the {@link gaffer.function.annotation.Inputs} annotation specifying the input record * structure that the function accepts. */ public abstract class ConsumerFunction implements Function { @Override public abstract ConsumerFunction statelessClone(); private Class<?>[] inputs; /** * @return Input record structure accepted by this <code>ConsumerFunction</code>. */ @JsonIgnore public Class<?>[] getInputClasses() { if (null == inputs) { processInputAnnotation(); } return Arrays.copyOf(inputs, inputs.length); } /** * Retrieves the input record structure from the {@link gaffer.function.annotation.Inputs} annotation. */ private void processInputAnnotation() { final Inputs annotation = getClass().getAnnotation(Inputs.class); if (null == annotation || null == annotation.value()) { throw new AnnotationFormatError( "All consumer function classes must have inputs defined using the 'Inputs' annotation on the class."); } inputs = annotation.value(); } }