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package org.apache.nifi.provenance.search;
/**
* A SearchableField represents a field in a Provenance Event that can be
* searched
*/
public interface SearchableField {
/**
* @return the identifier that is used to refer to this field
*/
String getIdentifier();
/**
* @return the name of the field that is used when searching the repository
*/
String getSearchableFieldName();
/**
* @return the "friendly" name or "display name" of the field, which may be
* more human-readable than the searchable field name
*/
String getFriendlyName();
/**
* @return the type of the data stored in this field
*/
SearchableFieldType getFieldType();
/**
* @return <code>true</code> if this field represents a FlowFile attribute,
* <code>false</code> if the field represents a Provenance Event detail,
* such as Source System URI
*/
boolean isAttribute();
}