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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.dataflow.std.benchmarking;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePartitionComputer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePartitionComputerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class TupleRangePartitionComputerFactory implements ITuplePartitionComputerFactory {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    
+    private int tupleCount;
+    
+    public TupleRangePartitionComputerFactory(){
+        tupleCount = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePartitionComputerFactory#createPartitioner()
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ITuplePartitionComputer createPartitioner() {
+        return new ITuplePartitionComputer() {
+            
+            @Override
+            public int partition(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor, int tIndex, int nParts) throws HyracksDataException {
+                return tupleCount++ % nParts;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}