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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;


/**
 * A compatibility shim layer for interacting with different versions of Hadoop.
 */
//NOTE: we can move this under src/main if main code wants to use this shim layer
public interface HadoopShims {

  /**
   * Returns a TaskAttemptContext instance created from the given parameters.
   * @param job an instance of o.a.h.mapreduce.Job
   * @param taskId an identifier for the task attempt id. Should be parsable by
   * TaskAttemptId.forName()
   * @return a concrete TaskAttemptContext instance of o.a.h.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext
   */
  <T,J> T createTestTaskAttemptContext(final J job, final String taskId);

}
