pulsar-client-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/schema/KeyValueSchema.java

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package org.apache.pulsar.client.api.schema;

import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Schema;
import org.apache.pulsar.common.schema.KeyValue;
import org.apache.pulsar.common.schema.KeyValueEncodingType;

/**
 * This interface models a Schema that is composed of two parts.
 * A Key and a Value.
 * @param <K> the type of the Key
 * @param <V> the type of the Value.
 */
public interface KeyValueSchema<K, V> extends Schema<KeyValue<K, V>> {

    /**
     * Get the Schema of the Key.
     * @return the Schema of the Key
     */
    Schema<K> getKeySchema();

    /**
     * Get the Schema of the Value.
     *
     * @return the Schema of the Value
     */
    Schema<V> getValueSchema();

    /**
     * Get the KeyValueEncodingType.
     *
     * @return the KeyValueEncodingType
     * @see KeyValueEncodingType#INLINE
     * @see KeyValueEncodingType#SEPARATED
     */
    KeyValueEncodingType getKeyValueEncodingType();
}