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019package org.apache.reef.io;
020
021import org.apache.reef.annotations.Unstable;
022import org.apache.reef.exception.evaluator.ServiceException;
023
024import java.util.Iterator;
025
026/**
027 * Spool files can be appended to, and can be scanned starting at the beginning.
028 * Random read and write access is not supported. Spool files are ephemeral; the
029 * space they use will be automatically reclaimed by REEF.
030 */
031@Unstable
032public interface Spool<T> extends Iterable<T>, Accumulable<T> {
033
034  /**
035   * Returns an Iterable over the spool file.
036   * <p/>
037   * Depending on the implementation, this method may be called only once per
038   * Spool instance, or it may be called repeatedly. Similarly, with some Spool
039   * implementations, attempts to append to the SpoolFile after calling
040   * iterator() may fail fast with a ConcurrentModificationException.
041   *
042   * @return An Iterator over the SpoolFile, in the order data was inserted.
043   * @throws Exception
044   */
045  @Override
046  public Iterator<T> iterator();
047
048  /**
049   * Returns an Accumulator for the spool file.
050   * <p/>
051   * Depending on the implementation, this method may be called only once per
052   * Spool instance, or it may be called repeatedly. Similarly, with some Spool
053   * implementations, attempts to append to the SpoolFile after calling
054   * iterator() may fail fast with a ConcurrentModificationException.
055   *
056   * @throws ServiceException
057   */
058  @Override
059  public Accumulator<T> accumulator() throws ServiceException;
060}