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package org.apache.drill.exec.record;

import org.apache.drill.common.expression.SchemaPath;
import org.apache.drill.exec.record.selection.SelectionVector2;
import org.apache.drill.exec.record.selection.SelectionVector4;

// TODO javadoc
public interface VectorAccessible extends Iterable<VectorWrapper<?>> {
  // TODO are these <?> releated in any way? Should they be the same one?
  // TODO javadoc
  public VectorWrapper<?> getValueAccessorById(Class<?> clazz, int... fieldIds);

  /**
   * Get the value vector type and id for the given schema path. The TypedFieldId
   * should store a fieldId which is the same as the ordinal position of the field
   * within the Iterator provided this classes implementation of Iterable<ValueVector>.
   *
   * @param path the path where the vector should be located.
   * @return the local field id associated with this vector. If no field matches this
   *   path, this will return a null TypedFieldId
   */
  public TypedFieldId getValueVectorId(SchemaPath path);

  /**
   * Get the schema of the current RecordBatch. This changes if and only if a *_NEW_SCHEMA
   * IterOutcome is provided.
   *
   * @return schema of the current batch
   */
  public BatchSchema getSchema();

  /**
   * Get the number of records.
   *
   * @return number of records
   */
  public int getRecordCount();

  public abstract SelectionVector2 getSelectionVector2();

  public abstract SelectionVector4 getSelectionVector4();


}