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18 package org.apache.giraph.types.ops;
19
20 import java.io.DataInput;
21 import java.io.IOException;
22
23 import org.apache.giraph.types.ops.collections.array.WArrayList;
24
25
26 /**
27 * Type operations, allowing working generically with types,
28 * but still having efficient code.
29 *
30 * Using any of the provided operations should lead to no boxing/unboxing.
31 *
32 * Useful generic wrappers to fastutil libraries are provided,
33 * so that you can look at them generically.
34 *
35 * @param <T> Type
36 */
37 public interface PrimitiveTypeOps<T> extends TypeOps<T> {
38 // primitive collections
39 /**
40 * Create WArrayList of type T.
41 * @return WArrayList
42 */
43 WArrayList<T> createArrayList();
44
45 /**
46 * Create WArrayList of type T, given capacity.
47 * @param capacity Capacity
48 * @return WArrayList
49 */
50 WArrayList<T> createArrayList(int capacity);
51
52 /**
53 * Create WArrayList of type T by reading it from given input.
54 * @param in Input
55 * @return WArrayList
56 */
57 WArrayList<T> readNewArrayList(DataInput in) throws IOException;
58 }