/*
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* Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved. *
* http://www.espertech.com/esper *
* http://www.espertech.com *
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license *
* a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file. *
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*/
package com.espertech.esper.client;
/**
* Provides an event type for a property of an event.
* <p>
* A fragment is a property value that is itself an event, or that can be represented as an event.
* Thereby a fragment comes with event type metadata and means of querying the fragment's properties.
* <p>
* A array or collection of property values that is an array of events or that can be represented as an array of events
* has the indexed flag set.
* <p>
* A map of property values that is an map of events or that can be represented as a map of events
* has the mapped flag set.
*/
public class FragmentEventType {
private EventType fragmentType;
private boolean isIndexed;
private boolean isNative;
/**
* Ctor.
*
* @param fragmentType the event type for a property value for an event.
* @param indexed true to indicate that property value is an array of events
* @param isNative true
*/
public FragmentEventType(EventType fragmentType, boolean indexed, boolean isNative) {
this.fragmentType = fragmentType;
this.isIndexed = indexed;
this.isNative = isNative;
}
/**
* Returns true if the fragment type is an array.
* <p>
* If a property value is an array and thereby a fragment array, this flag is set to true.
*
* @return indicator if array fragment
*/
public boolean isIndexed() {
return isIndexed;
}
/**
* Returns the type of the fragment.
*
* @return fragment type
*/
public EventType getFragmentType() {
return fragmentType;
}
/**
* Returns true if the fragment is a native representation, i.e. a Java class.
*
* @return indicator whether fragment is a Class.
*/
public boolean isNative() {
return isNative;
}
}