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package io.spine.query;

import com.google.errorprone.annotations.Immutable;
import com.google.protobuf.Message;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

import java.util.function.Function;

/**
 * A column of the some record residing in a storage.
 *
 * <p>Columns are the values of record fields which are stored along with the record itself and
 * can be used for querying.
 *
 * @param <R>
 *         the type of records
 * @param <V>
 *         the type of column values
 */
public interface Column<R, V> {

    /**
     * The name of the column.
     */
    ColumnName name();

    /**
     * The type of the column value.
     */
    Class<V> type();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the column in a source record.
     */
    @Nullable V valueIn(R source);

    /**
     * A method object serving to obtain the value of the column for some particular record of the
     * matching type.
     *
     * @param <R>
     *         the type of records
     * @param <V>
     *         the type of column values
     */
    @Immutable
    @FunctionalInterface
    interface Getter<R extends Message, V> extends Function<R, V> {
    }
}

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