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package com.facebook.presto.spi.type;
import com.facebook.presto.spi.block.BlockBuilder;
/**
* FixedWidthType is a type that has a fixed size for every value.
*/
public interface FixedWidthType
extends Type
{
/**
* Gets the size of a value of this type is bytes. All values
* of a FixedWidthType are the same size.
*/
int getFixedSize();
/**
* Creates a block builder for this type sized to hold the specified number
* of positions.
*/
BlockBuilder createFixedSizeBlockBuilder(int positionCount);
}