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18
19 package org.apache.giraph.worker;
20
21 import org.apache.giraph.conf.ImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable;
22
23 /**
24 * Observer for worker. The user can subclass and register an observer with the
25 * Giraph framework. The framework will execute methods of the observer at
26 * designated moments of computation on each worker.
27 * It can implement ContextSettable if it needs to access job counters.
28 */
29 public interface WorkerObserver extends ImmutableClassesGiraphConfigurable {
30 /**
31 * Initialize the observer. This method is executed once on each worker before
32 * loading.
33 */
34 void preLoad();
35
36 /**
37 * Initialize the observer. This method is executed once on each worker after
38 * loading before the first superstep starts.
39 */
40 void preApplication();
41
42 /**
43 * Execute the observer. This method is executed once on each worker before
44 * each superstep starts.
45 *
46 * @param superstep number of superstep
47 */
48 void preSuperstep(long superstep);
49
50 /**
51 * Execute the observer. This method is executed once on each worker after
52 * each superstep ends.
53 *
54 * @param superstep number of superstep
55 */
56 void postSuperstep(long superstep);
57
58 /**
59 * Finalize the observer. This method is executed once on each worker after
60 * the last superstep ends before saving.
61 */
62 void postApplication();
63
64 /**
65 * Finalize the observer. This method is executed once on each worker after
66 * saving.
67 */
68 void postSave();
69 }