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| |
| package org.apache.geode.cache.query.types; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents the type of a Map, a collection that contains keys as well as values and maintains an |
| * association between key-value pairs. The type of the keys is obtained from the getKeyType method, |
| * and the type of the values is obtained from the getElementType method. |
| * |
| * @since GemFire 4.0 |
| */ |
| public interface MapType extends CollectionType { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the type of the keys in this type of map. |
| * |
| * @return the ObjectType of the keys in this type of map. |
| */ |
| ObjectType getKeyType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the type of the entries in this map. In the context of the query language, the entries |
| * in a map are structs with key and value fields. |
| */ |
| StructType getEntryType(); |
| } |