hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/serde/lazy/objectinspector/primitive/AbstractPrimitiveLazyObjectInspector.java

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package edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.serde.lazy.objectinspector.primitive;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.AbstractPrimitiveObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.PrimitiveTypeEntry;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

import edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.serde.lazy.LazyPrimitive;

/**
 * An AbstractPrimitiveLazyObjectInspector for a LazyPrimitive object.
 */
public abstract class AbstractPrimitiveLazyObjectInspector<T extends Writable> extends AbstractPrimitiveObjectInspector {

    protected AbstractPrimitiveLazyObjectInspector(PrimitiveTypeEntry typeEntry) {
        super(typeEntry);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public T getPrimitiveWritableObject(Object o) {
        if (o == null)
            System.out.println("sth. wrong");
        return o == null ? null : ((LazyPrimitive<?, T>) o).getWritableObject();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean preferWritable() {
        return true;
    }

}