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| package org.apache.drill.exec.vector.accessor; |
| |
| /** |
| * Physically the writer is an array writer with special tuple writer as its element. |
| * Its {@link #type()} returns {@code ARRAY} and {@link #entryType()} returns {@code TUPLE}. |
| * To know whether it is a Dict logically, one may use {@code schema().isDict()}. |
| * |
| * @see org.apache.drill.exec.vector.accessor.writer.DictEntryWriter |
| * @see org.apache.drill.exec.vector.accessor.writer.ObjectDictWriter |
| * @see org.apache.drill.exec.vector.complex.DictVector |
| */ |
| public interface DictWriter extends ArrayWriter { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns scalar type of the key field. |
| * @return type of the key |
| */ |
| ValueType keyType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns object type of the value field. |
| * @return type of the value |
| */ |
| ObjectType valueType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the writer associated with key field. |
| * @return key writer |
| */ |
| ScalarWriter keyWriter(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the writer associated with value field. |
| * @return value writer |
| */ |
| ObjectWriter valueWriter(); |
| } |