/*
* ToroDB
* Copyright © 2014 8Kdata Technology (www.8kdata.com)
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.torodb.core.transaction.metainf;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
/**
* Implementations of this interface represent the column that stores the scalar values contained on
* an array.
*
* They are pretty simmilar to {@link MetaField metafields}, but MetaScalars do not have a name.
*/
public interface MetaScalar {
@Nonnull
FieldType getType();
@Nonnull
String getIdentifier();
public default String defautToString() {
return "field{type:" + getType() + ", id:" + getIdentifier() + '}';
}
}