package edu.rice.hj.example.comp322.assignments.hw2;

/**
 * This file is a skeleton for your GeneralizedReduce implementation.
 * You can assume that each client includes a call to perf.doWork(1) for each call to the
 * combine() method. This abstraction assumes that each call to
 * combine() takes 1 unit of time, and ignores the cost all other
 * computations. You should aim for maximum parallelism with respect
 * to this abstraction. All code should include basic documentation
 * for each method in this class.
 * <p>
 * TODO class to be implemented by you.
 * Though you will need to extend this file for your homework submission,
 * do not alter the declarations below in any way, other than filling
 * in the "..." code regions.
 *
 * @author Vivek Sarkar (vsarkar@rice.edu)
 */
public class GeneralizedReduce<T> {

    private final GeneralizedReduceApp<T> app;

    /**
     * <p>Constructor for GeneralizedReduce.</p>
     *
     * @param app a {@link edu.rice.hj.example.comp322.assignments.hw2.GeneralizedReduceApp} object.
     */
    public GeneralizedReduce(final GeneralizedReduceApp<T> app) {
        this.app = app;
    }

    /**
     * <p>run.</p>
     *
     * @param inArray an array of T objects.
     * @return a T object.
     */
    public T run(final T[] inArray) {
        // Perform reduction on inArray using init() and combine() methods in app,
        // and return result
        // ...
        return null;
    }

    // ...
    // Insert other helper fields and methods here
}