processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/RowAdapter.java

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package org.apache.druid.segment;

import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.ToLongFunction;

/**
 * An adapter between arbitrary types and the needs of callers that want to read specific columns out of those
 * types (treating them as rows).
 */
public interface RowAdapter<RowType>
{
  /**
   * Returns a function that retrieves timestamps from rows.
   */
  ToLongFunction<RowType> timestampFunction();

  /**
   * Returns a function that retrieves the value for column "columnName" from rows.
   */
  Function<RowType, Object> columnFunction(String columnName);
}