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package eu.stratosphere.pact.runtime.sort;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by classes that handle exceptions.
 * 
 * @param <E> The type of exception thrown.
 */
public interface ExceptionHandler<E extends Throwable> {
	/**
	 * This method is called when the handler should deal with an exception.
	 * 
	 * @param exception
	 *        The exception to handle.
	 */
	void handleException(E exception);
}
