asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/pointables/base/IVisitablePointable.java

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package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.pointables.base;

import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.pointables.visitor.IVisitablePointableVisitor;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;

/**
 * This interface extends IPointable with a visitor interface in order to ease
 * programming for recursive record structures.
 */
public interface IVisitablePointable extends IPointable {

    public <R, T> R accept(IVisitablePointableVisitor<R, T> vistor, T tag) throws AsterixException;
}