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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* Subclasses represent a storage format for the
* CREATE TABLE ... STORED AS ... command. Subclasses are
* found via the ServiceLoader facility.
*/
public interface StorageFormatDescriptor {
/**
* Return the set of names this storage format is known as.
*/
Set<String> getNames();
/**
* Return the name of the input format as a string
*/
String getInputFormat();
/**
* Return the name of the output format as a string
*/
String getOutputFormat();
/**
* Return the name of the serde as a string or null
*/
@Nullable String getSerde();
}