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18 package org.apache.giraph.types;
19
20 import java.io.DataInput;
21 import java.io.DataOutput;
22 import java.io.IOException;
23
24 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
25
26 /**
27 * Type marking that in a particular superstep there will not be
28 * sent messages.
29 * We cannot use NullWritable for this, as you could send NullWritable,
30 * to send a signal (whether a vertex receives a message or not)
31 */
32 public class NoMessage implements Writable {
33 @Override
34 public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
35 throw new IllegalStateException("NoMessage should never be read");
36 }
37
38 @Override
39 public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
40 throw new IllegalStateException("NoMessage should never be written");
41 }
42 }