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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| |
| package org.apache.flink.types; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public; |
| import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataInputView; |
| import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataOutputView; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface to be implemented by basic types that support to be copied efficiently. |
| */ |
| @Public |
| public interface CopyableValue<T> extends Value { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the length of the data type when it is serialized, in bytes. |
| * |
| * @return The length of the data type, or {@code -1}, if variable length. |
| */ |
| int getBinaryLength(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Performs a deep copy of this object into the {@code target} instance. |
| * |
| * @param target Object to copy into. |
| */ |
| void copyTo(T target); |
| |
| /** |
| * Performs a deep copy of this object into a new instance. |
| * |
| * This method is useful for generic user-defined functions to clone a |
| * {@link CopyableValue} when storing multiple objects. With object reuse |
| * a deep copy must be created and type erasure prevents calling new. |
| * |
| * @return New object with copied fields. |
| */ |
| T copy(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Copies the next serialized instance from {@code source} to {@code target}. |
| * |
| * This method is equivalent to calling {@code IOReadableWritable.read(DataInputView)} |
| * followed by {@code IOReadableWritable.write(DataOutputView)} but does not require |
| * intermediate deserialization. |
| * |
| * @param source Data source for serialized instance. |
| * @param target Data target for serialized instance. |
| * |
| * @see org.apache.flink.core.io.IOReadableWritable |
| */ |
| void copy(DataInputView source, DataOutputView target) throws IOException; |
| } |