Github user fhueske commented on the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/966#issuecomment-128157289 Hi @sachingoel0101, Thanks for the update! The PR looks good in general. Regarding the interface vs. abstract class issue, I am a bit undecided with a slight preference towards the abstract class. However, I agree with @StephanEwen that `RichInputFormat` and `RichOutputFormat` are not good names. How about `ContextInputFormat` and `ContextOutputFormat`? Any other opinions on that matter?
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