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030package org.openimaj.hadoop.tools.twitter.token.mode;
031
032import org.openimaj.hadoop.tools.twitter.HadoopTwitterTokenToolOptions;
033
034/**
035 * A method of extracting tokens from twitter and outputting them in some way
036 * @author Sina Samangooei (ss@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
037 *
038 */
039public interface TwitterTokenMode {
040        /**
041         * @param opts
042         * @throws Exception something went wrong!
043         */
044        public abstract void perform(HadoopTwitterTokenToolOptions opts) throws Exception;
045        
046        /**
047         * Drive the provided output mode with the final product of the tool
048         * 
049         * @param opts the output can be found in opts.outputMode()
050         * @return The location of the final output
051         * @throws Exception
052         */
053        public abstract String[] finalOutput(HadoopTwitterTokenToolOptions opts) throws Exception;
054}