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package org.apache.flink.table.dataformat;

import org.apache.flink.table.api.types.InternalType;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An interface for map used internally in Flink Table/SQL.
 *
 * <p>There are different implementations depending on the scenario:
 * After serialization, it becomes the {@link BinaryMap} format.
 * Convenient updates use the {@link GenericMap} format.
 */
public interface BaseMap {

	int numElements();

	/**
	 * This method will return a Java map containing INTERNAL type data.
	 * If you want a Java map containing external type data, you have to use converters.
	 * (also note that the internal type and the external type of primitive type data are the same,
	 * so no need to use converters if the map contains primitive type data.)
	 */
	Map toJavaMap(InternalType keyType, InternalType valueType);

	// NOTE:
	//
	// As binary map has specific `get` and `toString` method,
	// we do not provide these methods in the interface.
	// Instead, we implement them in codegen.
	//
	// `get` is implemented in ScalarOperators.scala -> generateMapGet()
	// `toString` is implemented in ScalarOperators.scala -> generateCast()
}