Speculator.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.speculate;

import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.event.TaskAttemptStatusUpdateEvent.TaskAttemptStatus;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;

/**
 * Speculator component. Task Attempts' status updates are sent to this
 * component. Concrete implementation runs the speculative algorithm and
 * sends the TaskEventType.T_ADD_ATTEMPT.
 *
 * An implementation also has to arrange for the jobs to be scanned from
 * time to time, to launch the speculations.
 */
public interface Speculator
              extends EventHandler<SpeculatorEvent> {

  enum EventType {
    ATTEMPT_STATUS_UPDATE,
    ATTEMPT_START,
    TASK_CONTAINER_NEED_UPDATE,
    JOB_CREATE
  }

  // This will be implemented if we go to a model where the events are
  //  processed within the TaskAttempts' state transitions' code.
  public void handleAttempt(TaskAttemptStatus status);
}