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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.client.dataset;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksCommonContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+
+public class DatasetClientContext implements IHyracksCommonContext {
+    private final int frameSize;
+
+    public DatasetClientContext(int frameSize) {
+        this.frameSize = frameSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFrameSize() {
+        return frameSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer allocateFrame() {
+        return ByteBuffer.allocate(frameSize);
+    }
+
+}