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package org.apache.gora.cassandra.query;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import me.prettyprint.hector.api.Serializer;

import org.apache.avro.Schema;
import org.apache.avro.Schema.Field;
import org.apache.avro.Schema.Type;
import org.apache.gora.cassandra.serializers.GoraSerializerTypeInferer;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Represents a unit of data: a key value pair tagged by a family name
 */
public abstract class CassandraColumn {
  public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CassandraColumn.class);

  public static final int SUB = 0;
  public static final int SUPER = 1;
  
  private String family;
  private int type;
  private Field field;
  
  public String getFamily() {
    return family;
  }
  public void setFamily(String family) {
    this.family = family;
  }
  public int getType() {
    return type;
  }
  public void setType(int type) {
    this.type = type;
  }
  public void setField(Field field) {
    this.field = field;
  }
  
  protected Field getField() {
    return this.field;
  }
  
  public abstract ByteBuffer getName();
  public abstract Object getValue();
  
  protected Object fromByteBuffer(Schema schema, ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
    Object value = null;
    Serializer serializer = GoraSerializerTypeInferer.getSerializer(schema);
    if (serializer == null) {
      LOG.info("Schema is not supported: " + schema.toString());
    } else {
      value = serializer.fromByteBuffer(byteBuffer);
    }
    return value;
  }

}