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package com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.orient;

import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.id.ORID;
import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.record.impl.ODocument;
import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Vertex;

/**
 * OrientDB Extended Vertex implementation of TinkerPop Blueprints standard.
 * 
 * @author Luca Garulli (http://www.orientechnologies.com)
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public interface OrientExtendedVertex extends Vertex {
  void reload();

  OrientElement attach(OrientBaseGraph g);

  ODocument getRecord();

  OrientVertex copy();

  ORID getIdentity();

  OrientVertex getVertexInstance();

  /**
   * (Blueprints Extension) Returns the Vertex type as OrientVertexType object.
   */
  OrientVertexType getType();
}