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  package org.apache.carbondata.sdk.file;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import org.apache.carbondata.common.annotations.InterfaceAudience;
  import org.apache.carbondata.common.annotations.InterfaceStability;
  import org.apache.carbondata.core.datastore.filesystem.CarbonFile;
  
  /**
   * Writer to write row data to carbondata file. Call {@link #builder()} to get
   * a build to create instance of writer.
   */
  @InterfaceAudience.User
  @InterfaceStability.Unstable
  public abstract class CarbonWriter {
  
    /**
     * Write an object to the file, the format of the object depends on the
     * implementation.
     * Note: This API is not thread safe
     */
    public abstract void write(Object object) throws IOException;
  
    /**
     * Flush and close the writer
     */
    public abstract void close() throws IOException;
  
    /**
     * Create a {@link CarbonWriterBuilder} to build a {@link CarbonWriter}
     */
    public static CarbonWriterBuilder builder() {
      return new CarbonWriterBuilder();
    }
  
    /**
     * Write the data of files iteratively, format of files depends on the implementation.
     */
    public abstract void write() throws IOException;
  
    /**
     * Set the list of carbon files.
     */
    public abstract void setDataFiles(CarbonFile[] dataFiles) throws IOException;
  
  }
  