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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.Outputs; import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError; import java.util.Arrays; /** * A <code>ProducerFunction</code> is a {@link gaffer.function.Function} that produces output records. * Implementations should be annotated with {@link gaffer.function.annotation.Outputs} annotation specifying the * output record structure that the function produces. */ public abstract class ProducerFunction implements Function { private Class<?>[] outputs; @Override public abstract ProducerFunction statelessClone(); /** * @return Output record structure accepted by this <code>ProducerFunction</code>. */ @JsonIgnore public Class<?>[] getOutputClasses() { if (null == outputs) { processOutputAnnotation(); } return Arrays.copyOf(outputs, outputs.length); } /** * Retrieves the input record structure from the {@link gaffer.function.annotation.Inputs} annotation. */ private void processOutputAnnotation() { final Outputs annotation = getClass().getAnnotation(Outputs.class); if (null == annotation || null == annotation.value()) { throw new AnnotationFormatError( "All producer function classes must have outputs defined using the 'Outputs' annotation on the class."); } outputs = annotation.value(); } }