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 * merger.cpp
 *
 * Copyright 2009-2012 Yahoo! Inc.
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#ifndef _TUPLE_MERGER_H_
#define _TUPLE_MERGER_H_

struct dataTuple;

typedef dataTuple* (*merge_fn_t) (const dataTuple*, const dataTuple *);

dataTuple* append_merger(const dataTuple *t1, const dataTuple *t2);
dataTuple* replace_merger(const dataTuple *t1, const dataTuple *t2);


class tupleMerger
{

public:

    tupleMerger(merge_fn_t merge_fp) 
        {
            this->merge_fp = merge_fp;
        }

    
    dataTuple* merge(const dataTuple *t1, const dataTuple *t2);

private:

    merge_fn_t merge_fp;

};



#endif