BlockLocation (Flink : 2.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<BlockLocation>

All Known Implementing Classes:

HadoopBlockLocation, LocalBlockLocation
```
@Public
public interface BlockLocation
extends Comparable<BlockLocation>
```
A BlockLocation lists hosts, offset and length of block.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getHosts()`	Get the list of hosts (hostname) hosting this block.
`long`	`getLength()`	Get the length of the block.
`long`	`getOffset()`	Get the start offset of the file associated with this block.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - getHosts
```
String[] getHosts()
           throws IOException
```
    Get the list of hosts (hostname) hosting this block.
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of hosts (hostname) hosting this block.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - thrown if the list of hosts could not be retrieved
  - getOffset
```
long getOffset()
```
    Get the start offset of the file associated with this block.
    
    Returns:
    
    The start offset of the file associated with this block.
  - getLength
```
long getLength()
```
    Get the length of the block.
    
    Returns:
    
    the length of the block