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/**
 * @file
 * Declares ignite::compute::ComputeFunc class template.
 */

#ifndef _IGNITE_COMPUTE_COMPUTE_FUNC
#define _IGNITE_COMPUTE_COMPUTE_FUNC

namespace ignite
{
    class IgniteBinding;

    namespace compute
    {
        /**
         * Interface for a simple compute function that can be serialized and
         * called on the remote nodes. ignite::binary::BinaryType class template
         * should be specialized for any class, inheriting from this class.
         *
         * @tparam R Call return type. BinaryType should be specialized for the
         *  type if it is not primitive.
         */
        template<typename R>
        class ComputeFunc
        {
            friend class ignite::IgniteBinding;

            typedef R ReturnType;
        public:
            /**
             * Destructor.
             */
            virtual ~ComputeFunc()
            {
                // No-op.
            }

            /**
             * Called upon execution by compute.
             *
             * @return Computation result.
             */
            virtual R Call() = 0;
        };
    }
}

#endif //_IGNITE_COMPUTE_COMPUTE_FUNC
