RecordSchema.java

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package org.apache.nifi.serialization.record;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

public interface RecordSchema {
    /**
     * @return the list of fields that are present in the schema
     */
    List<RecordField> getFields();

    /**
     * @return the number of fields in the schema
     */
    int getFieldCount();

    /**
     * @param index the 0-based index of which field to return
     * @return the index'th field
     *
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is < 0 or >= the number of fields (determined by {@link #getFieldCount()}).
     */
    RecordField getField(int index);

    /**
     * @return the data types of the fields
     */
    List<DataType> getDataTypes();

    /**
     * @return the names of the fields
     */
    List<String> getFieldNames();

    /**
     * @param fieldName the name of the field whose type is desired
     * @return the RecordFieldType associated with the field that has the given name, or
     *         <code>null</code> if the schema does not contain a field with the given name
     */
    Optional<DataType> getDataType(String fieldName);

    /**
     * @return the textual representation of the schema, if one is available
     */
    Optional<String> getSchemaText();

    /**
     * @return the format of the schema text, if schema text is present
     */
    Optional<String> getSchemaFormat();

    /**
     * @param fieldName the name of the field
     * @return an Optional RecordField for the field with the given name
     */
    Optional<RecordField> getField(String fieldName);

    /**
     * @return the SchemaIdentifier, which provides various attributes for identifying a schema
     */
    SchemaIdentifier getIdentifier();
}