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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector;
/**
* Classes implementing this interface are considered to represent a field of a
* struct for this serde package.
*/
public interface StructField {
/**
* Get the name of the field. The name should be always in lower-case.
*/
String getFieldName();
/**
* Get the ObjectInspector for the field.
*/
ObjectInspector getFieldObjectInspector();
/**
* Get the fieldID for the field.
*/
int getFieldID();
/**
* Get the comment for the field. May be null if no comment provided.
*/
String getFieldComment();
}