/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG).
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Paolo Di Tommaso and the respective authors.
 *
 *   This file is part of 'Nextflow'.
 *
 *   Nextflow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   Nextflow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with Nextflow.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package nextflow.processor

/**
 * Defines the contract for {@link TaskHandler} classes that need
 * to aggregate multiple operation to optimise the interaction with
 * a remote execution system
 *
 * @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
 */
trait BatchHandler<K,V> {

    /**
     * Defines a {@link BatchContext} for the this handler
     *
     * @param context The {@link BatchContext} instance
     */
    abstract void batch( BatchContext<K,V> context )

}
