npawar commented on a change in pull request #6611:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-pinot/pull/6611#discussion_r589841977



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pinot-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/spi/ingestion/segment/writer/SegmentWriter.java
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+package org.apache.pinot.spi.ingestion.segment.writer;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.data.readers.GenericRow;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.env.PinotConfiguration;
+
+
+/**
+ * An interface to write records into Pinot.
+ * This interface helps abstract out details regarding segment generation and 
push from the caller.
+ */
+public interface SegmentWriter extends Closeable {
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the {@link SegmentWriter} with details about the Pinot cluster 
and table
+   */
+  void init(PinotConfiguration conf)
+    throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Collect a single {@link GenericRow} into a buffer.
+   * This row is not available in Pinot until a <code>flush()</code> is 
invoked.

Review comment:
       That would depend on the impl. For say an OFFLINE table, we'd use 
something like a FileBasedBuffer, and we'll only get the rows into Pinot for 
querying after a flush is called.
   But for a realtime table, we'd use a MutableSegmentBuffer, in which case as 
soon as it's collected, we'll be able to query it




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