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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector;
/**
* The UnionObject.
*
* It has tag followed by the object it is holding.
*
*/
public interface UnionObject {
/**
* Get the tag of the union.
*
* @return the tag byte
*/
byte getTag();
/**
* Get the Object.
*
* @return The Object union is holding
*/
Object getObject();
}