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 package org.apache.giraph.io;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import org.apache.giraph.conf.DefaultImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable;

 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;

 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;

 /**

  * Implement to output a vertex range of the graph after the computation

  *

  * @param <I> Vertex id

  * @param <V> Vertex value

  * @param <E> Edge value

  */

 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")

 public abstract class VertexWriter<I extends WritableComparable,

     V extends Writable, E extends Writable>

     extends DefaultImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable<I, V, E>

     implements SimpleVertexWriter<I, V, E> {

   /**

    * Use the context to setup writing the vertices.

    * Guaranteed to be called prior to any other function.

    *

    * @param context Context used to write the vertices.

    * @throws IOException

    * @throws InterruptedException

    */

   public abstract void initialize(TaskAttemptContext context)

     throws IOException, InterruptedException;

   /**

    * Close this {@link VertexWriter} to future operations.

    *

    * @param context the context of the task

    * @throws IOException

    * @throws InterruptedException

    */

   public abstract void close(TaskAttemptContext context)

     throws IOException, InterruptedException;

 }