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* Copyright 2017 ZuInnoTe (Jörn Franke) <zuinnote@gmail.com>
*
* 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
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package org.zuinnote.hadoop.ethereum.format.mapreduce;

import java.io. IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.fs. Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. InputSplit;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. JobContext;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. RecordReader;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. TaskAttemptContext;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input. FileInputFormat;

/**
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractEthereumFileInputFormat<K,V> extends FileInputFormat<K,V> {

	@Override
	public abstract RecordReader<K,V> createRecordReader(InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext ctx) throws IOException;

	
	/***
	 * The Ethereum format is not splitable due to its RLP encoding which makes it difficult to find the start/end of a RLP encoded item.  Instead it is recommended to export blocks to files of the size of a HDFS block. 
	 * 
	 * 
	 */
	@Override
	  protected boolean isSplitable(JobContext context, Path file) {
		return false;
	}

}
