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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce;

import java.io.IOException;

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

/**
 * <code>OutputCommitter</code> describes the commit of task output for a 
 * Map-Reduce job.
 *
 * <p>The Map-Reduce framework relies on the <code>OutputCommitter</code> of 
 * the job to:<p>
 * <ol>
 *   <li>
 *   Setup the job during initialization. For example, create the temporary 
 *   output directory for the job during the initialization of the job.
 *   </li>
 *   <li>
 *   Cleanup the job after the job completion. For example, remove the
 *   temporary output directory after the job completion. 
 *   </li>
 *   <li>
 *   Setup the task temporary output.
 *   </li> 
 *   <li>
 *   Check whether a task needs a commit. This is to avoid the commit
 *   procedure if a task does not need commit.
 *   </li>
 *   <li>
 *   Commit of the task output.
 *   </li>  
 *   <li>
 *   Discard the task commit.
 *   </li>
 * </ol>
 * The methods in this class can be called from several different processes and
 * from several different contexts.  It is important to know which process and
 * which context each is called from.  Each method should be marked accordingly
 * in its documentation.  It is also important to note that not all methods are
 * guaranteed to be called once and only once.  If a method is not guaranteed to
 * have this property the output committer needs to handle this appropriately. 
 * Also note it will only be in rare situations where they may be called 
 * multiple times for the same task.
 * 
 * @see org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputCommitter 
 * @see JobContext
 * @see TaskAttemptContext 
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public abstract class OutputCommitter {
    /**
     * For the framework to setup the job output during initialization.  This is
     * called from the application master process for the entire job. This will be
     * called multiple times, once per job attempt.
     * 
     * @param jobContext Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @throws IOException if temporary output could not be created
     */
    public abstract void setupJob(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException;

    /**
     * For cleaning up the job's output after job completion.  This is called
     * from the application master process for the entire job. This may be called
     * multiple times.
     * 
     * @param jobContext Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @throws IOException
     * @deprecated Use {@link #commitJob(JobContext)} and
     *                 {@link #abortJob(JobContext, JobStatus.State)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public void cleanupJob(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException {
    }

    /**
     * For committing job's output after successful job completion. Note that this
     * is invoked for jobs with final runstate as SUCCESSFUL.  This is called
     * from the application master process for the entire job. This is guaranteed
     * to only be called once.  If it throws an exception the entire job will
     * fail.   
     * 
     * @param jobContext Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void commitJob(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException {
        cleanupJob(jobContext);
    }

    /**
     * For aborting an unsuccessful job's output. Note that this is invoked for 
     * jobs with final runstate as {@link JobStatus.State#FAILED} or 
     * {@link JobStatus.State#KILLED}.  This is called from the application
     * master process for the entire job. This may be called multiple times.
     *
     * @param jobContext Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @param state final runstate of the job
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void abortJob(JobContext jobContext, JobStatus.State state) throws IOException {
        cleanupJob(jobContext);
    }

    /**
     * Sets up output for the task.  This is called from each individual task's
     * process that will output to HDFS, and it is called just for that task. This
     * may be called multiple times for the same task, but for different task
     * attempts.
     * 
     * @param taskContext Context of the task whose output is being written.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract void setupTask(TaskAttemptContext taskContext) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Check whether task needs a commit.  This is called from each individual
     * task's process that will output to HDFS, and it is called just for that
     * task.
     * 
     * @param taskContext
     * @return true/false
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract boolean needsTaskCommit(TaskAttemptContext taskContext) throws IOException;

    /**
     * To promote the task's temporary output to final output location.
     * If {@link #needsTaskCommit(TaskAttemptContext)} returns true and this
     * task is the task that the AM determines finished first, this method
     * is called to commit an individual task's output.  This is to mark
     * that tasks output as complete, as {@link #commitJob(JobContext)} will 
     * also be called later on if the entire job finished successfully. This
     * is called from a task's process. This may be called multiple times for the
     * same task, but different task attempts.  It should be very rare for this to
     * be called multiple times and requires odd networking failures to make this
     * happen. In the future the Hadoop framework may eliminate this race.
     * 
     * @param taskContext Context of the task whose output is being written.
     * @throws IOException if commit is not successful. 
     */
    public abstract void commitTask(TaskAttemptContext taskContext) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Discard the task output. This is called from a task's process to clean 
     * up a single task's output that can not yet been committed. This may be
     * called multiple times for the same task, but for different task attempts.
     * 
     * @param taskContext
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract void abortTask(TaskAttemptContext taskContext) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Is task output recovery supported for restarting jobs?
     * 
     * If task output recovery is supported, job restart can be done more
     * efficiently.
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if task output recovery is supported,
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise
     * @see #recoverTask(TaskAttemptContext)
     * @deprecated Use {@link #isRecoverySupported(JobContext)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public boolean isRecoverySupported() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if an in-progress job commit can be retried. If the MR AM is
     * re-run then it will check this value to determine if it can retry an
     * in-progress commit that was started by a previous version.
     * Note that in rare scenarios, the previous AM version might still be running
     * at that time, due to system anomalies. Hence if this method returns true
     * then the retry commit operation should be able to run concurrently with
     * the previous operation.
     *
     * If repeatable job commit is supported, job restart can tolerate previous
     * AM failures during job commit.
     *
     * By default, it is not supported. Extended classes (like:
     * FileOutputCommitter) should explicitly override it if provide support.
     *
     * @param jobContext
     *          Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @return <code>true</code> repeatable job commit is supported,
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public boolean isCommitJobRepeatable(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Is task output recovery supported for restarting jobs?
     * 
     * If task output recovery is supported, job restart can be done more
     * efficiently.
     * 
     * @param jobContext
     *          Context of the job whose output is being written.
     * @return <code>true</code> if task output recovery is supported,
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise
     * @throws IOException
     * @see #recoverTask(TaskAttemptContext)
     */
    public boolean isRecoverySupported(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException {
        return isRecoverySupported();
    }

    /**
     * Recover the task output. 
     * 
     * The retry-count for the job will be passed via the 
     * {@link MRJobConfig#APPLICATION_ATTEMPT_ID} key in  
     * {@link TaskAttemptContext#getConfiguration()} for the 
     * <code>OutputCommitter</code>.  This is called from the application master
     * process, but it is called individually for each task.
     * 
     * If an exception is thrown the task will be attempted again. 
     * 
     * This may be called multiple times for the same task.  But from different
     * application attempts.
     * 
     * @param taskContext Context of the task whose output is being recovered
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void recoverTask(TaskAttemptContext taskContext) throws IOException {
    }
}