LocationProvider

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public interface LocationProvider
extends java.io.Serializable
```
Interface for providing data file locations to write tasks.
Implementations must be Serializable because instances will be serialized to tasks.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`newDataLocation(java.lang.String filename)`	Return a fully-qualified data file location for the given filename.
`java.lang.String`	`newDataLocation(PartitionSpec spec, StructLike partitionData, java.lang.String filename)`	Return a fully-qualified data file location for the given partition and filename.

- Method Detail
  - newDataLocation
```
java.lang.String newDataLocation(java.lang.String filename)
```
    Return a fully-qualified data file location for the given filename.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filename - a file name
    
    Returns:
    
    a fully-qualified location URI for a data file
  - newDataLocation
```
java.lang.String newDataLocation(PartitionSpec spec,
                                 StructLike partitionData,
                                 java.lang.String filename)
```
    Return a fully-qualified data file location for the given partition and filename.
    
    Parameters:
    
    spec - a partition spec
    
    partitionData - a tuple of partition data for data in the file, matching the given spec
    
    filename - a file name
    
    Returns:
    
    a fully-qualified location URI for a data file