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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">VariantColumnMetadata</span>
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<td class="colOne"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html#VariantColumnMetadata-org.apache.drill.exec.record.MaterializedField-">VariantColumnMetadata</a></span>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/MaterializedField.html" title="class in org.apache.drill.exec.record">MaterializedField</a>&nbsp;schema)</code>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html#appendContents-java.lang.StringBuilder-">appendContents</a></span>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuilder.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">StringBuilder</a>&nbsp;buf)</code>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html#cloneEmpty--">cloneEmpty</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Create an empty version of this column.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/ColumnMetadata.html" title="interface in org.apache.drill.exec.record.metadata">ColumnMetadata</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/MaterializedField.html" title="class in org.apache.drill.exec.record">MaterializedField</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html" title="class in org.apache.drill.exec.record.metadata">VariantColumnMetadata</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html" title="class in org.apache.drill.exec.record.metadata">VariantColumnMetadata</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/drill/exec/record/metadata/VariantColumnMetadata.html" title="class in org.apache.drill.exec.record.metadata">VariantColumnMetadata</a></code></td>
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