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package org.apache.cassandra.db;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.cassandra.config.CFMetaData;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.AbstractType;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.MarshalException;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;

public interface IColumn
{
    public static final int MAX_NAME_LENGTH = FBUtilities.MAX_UNSIGNED_SHORT;

    public boolean isMarkedForDelete();
    public long getMarkedForDeleteAt();
    public long mostRecentLiveChangeAt();
    public ByteBuffer name();
    public int size();
    public int serializedSize();
    public long timestamp();
    public ByteBuffer value();
    public Collection<IColumn> getSubColumns();
    public IColumn getSubColumn(ByteBuffer columnName);
    public void addColumn(IColumn column);
    public IColumn diff(IColumn column);
    public IColumn reconcile(IColumn column);
    public void updateDigest(MessageDigest digest);
    public int getLocalDeletionTime(); // for tombstone GC, so int is sufficient granularity
    public String getString(AbstractType comparator);
    public void validateFields(CFMetaData metadata) throws MarshalException;

    /** clones the column, making copies of any underlying byte buffers */
    IColumn deepCopy();

    /**
     * For a simple column, live == !isMarkedForDelete.
     * For a supercolumn, live means it has at least one subcolumn whose timestamp is greater than the
     * supercolumn deleted-at time.
     */
    boolean isLive();
}