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package org.apache.impala.catalog;

import org.apache.impala.thrift.TCatalogObjectType;

/**
 * Interface that all catalog objects implement.
 */
public interface CatalogObject extends HasName {

  /**
   * Catalog objects are often serialized to Thrift. When doing so, many of the
   * objects have a minimal "descriptor" form used in query execution as well as
   * a more complete "full" form with all information, used when transferring the
   * catalog object from catalogd to the impalads.
   */
  static enum ThriftObjectType {
    FULL,
    DESCRIPTOR_ONLY
  };

  // Returns the TCatalogObject type of this Catalog object.
  public TCatalogObjectType getCatalogObjectType();

  // Returns the unqualified object name.
  @Override
  public String getName();

  // Returns the unique name of this catalog object.
  public String getUniqueName();

  // Returns the version of this catalog object.
  public long getCatalogVersion();

  // Sets the version of this catalog object.
  public void setCatalogVersion(long newVersion);

  // Returns true if this CatalogObject has had its metadata loaded, false otherwise.
  public boolean isLoaded();
}