ColumnWriter.java

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package parquet.column;

import parquet.io.api.Binary;

/**
 * writer for (repetition level, definition level, values) triplets
 *
 * @author Julien Le Dem
 *
 */
public interface ColumnWriter {

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(int value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(long value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(boolean value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(Binary value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(float value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current value
   * @param value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void write(double value, int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

  /**
   * writes the current null value
   * @param repetitionLevel
   * @param definitionLevel
   */
  void writeNull(int repetitionLevel, int definitionLevel);

}