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package org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.filesystem;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The compactors use the {@link RecordWiseCompactingFileWriter} to write elements to a compacting
 * file.
 */
@Internal
public interface RecordWiseCompactingFileWriter<IN> extends CompactingFileWriter {
    /**
     * Write an element to the compacting file.
     *
     * @param element the element to be written.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if writing the element fails.
     */
    void write(IN element) throws IOException;
}
