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package org.apache.spark.sql.sources.v2;

import java.util.Optional;

import org.apache.spark.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode;
import org.apache.spark.sql.sources.v2.writer.DataSourceV2Writer;
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;

/**
 * A mix-in interface for {@link DataSourceV2}. Data sources can implement this interface to
 * provide data writing ability and save the data to the data source.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface WriteSupport {

  /**
   * Creates an optional {@link DataSourceV2Writer} to save the data to this data source. Data
   * sources can return None if there is no writing needed to be done according to the save mode.
   *
   * @param jobId A unique string for the writing job. It's possible that there are many writing
   *              jobs running at the same time, and the returned {@link DataSourceV2Writer} should
   *              use this job id to distinguish itself with writers of other jobs.
   * @param schema the schema of the data to be written.
   * @param mode the save mode which determines what to do when the data are already in this data
   *             source, please refer to {@link SaveMode} for more details.
   * @param options the options for the returned data source writer, which is an immutable
   *                case-insensitive string-to-string map.
   */
  Optional<DataSourceV2Writer> createWriter(
      String jobId, StructType schema, SaveMode mode, DataSourceV2Options options);
}
