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package com.cloudera.sqoop.lib;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;

/**
 * Abstract base class that holds a reference to a Blob or a Clob.
 * DATATYPE is the type being held (e.g., a byte array).
 * CONTAINERTYPE is the type used to hold this data (e.g., BytesWritable).
 * ACCESSORTYPE is the type used to access this data in a streaming fashion
 *   (either an InputStream or a Reader).
 *
 * @deprecated use org.apache.sqoop.lib.LobRef instead.
 * @see org.apache.sqoop.lib.LobRef
 */
public abstract class LobRef<DATATYPE, CONTAINERTYPE, ACCESSORTYPE>
    extends org.apache.sqoop.lib.LobRef<DATATYPE, CONTAINERTYPE, ACCESSORTYPE> {

  public static final Log LOG = org.apache.sqoop.lib.LobRef.LOG;

  protected LobRef() {
    super();
  }

  protected LobRef(CONTAINERTYPE container) {
    super(container);
  }

  protected LobRef(String file, long offset, long length) {
    super(file, offset, length);
  }

  protected static final ThreadLocal<Matcher> EXTERNAL_MATCHER =
    org.apache.sqoop.lib.LobRef.EXTERNAL_MATCHER;
}