spork-master/src/org/apache/pig/AccumulatorEvalFunc.java
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package org.apache.pig;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.pig.Accumulator;
import org.apache.pig.EvalFunc;
import org.apache.pig.data.Tuple;

/**
 * This class is used to provide a free implementation of the EvalFunc exec function given
 * implementation of the Accumulator interface. Instead of having to provide a redundant
 * implementation, this provides the base exec function for free, given that the methods
 * associated with the Accumulator interface are implemented. For information on how to
 * implement Accumulator, see {@link Accumulator}.
 */
public abstract class AccumulatorEvalFunc<T> extends EvalFunc<T> implements Accumulator<T> {

    @Override
    public abstract void accumulate(Tuple b) throws IOException;

    @Override
    public abstract void cleanup();

    @Override
    public abstract T getValue();

    @Override
    public T exec(Tuple input) throws IOException {
        accumulate(input);
        T result = getValue();
        cleanup();
        return result;
    }

}
