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package org.apache.samza.sql.interfaces;

import org.apache.samza.sql.SamzaSqlRelRecord;


/**
 * {@link org.apache.samza.sql.translator.SamzaSqlRemoteTableJoinFunction} uses {@link SamzaRelTableKeyConverter}
 * to convert the key to the format expected by the remote table system before doing the table lookup.
 *
 * The {@link SamzaRelTableKeyConverter} is configurable at a system level, so it is possible to configure different
 * {@link SamzaRelTableKeyConverter} for different remote table systems.
 */
public interface SamzaRelTableKeyConverter {
  /**
   * Convert the key in relational record format to the format expected by remote table.
   * @param relKeyRecord key relational record that needs to be converted.
   * @return the table key
   */
  Object convertToTableKeyFormat(SamzaSqlRelRecord relKeyRecord);
}