package com.netflix.astyanax;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Grouping of serializers for a single column family. Use this only for
* implementing advanced data models.
*
* @author elandau
*
*/
public interface SerializerPackage {
/**
* Return the serializer for keys
*
* @return
*/
Serializer<?> getKeySerializer();
/**
* @deprecated use getColumnNameSerializer()
*/
@Deprecated
Serializer<?> getColumnSerializer();
/**
* Return serializer for column names
*
* @author elandau
* @return
*/
Serializer<?> getColumnNameSerializer();
/**
* @deprecated use getDefaultValueSerializer()
* @return
*/
@Deprecated
Serializer<?> getValueSerializer();
/**
* Return the default value serializer
*
* @return
*/
Serializer<?> getDefaultValueSerializer();
/**
* @deprecated use getColumnSerializer()
*/
@Deprecated
Serializer<?> getValueSerializer(ByteBuffer columnName);
/**
* Return the value serializer for the specified column name
*
* @param columnName
* @return
*/
Serializer<?> getColumnSerializer(ByteBuffer columnName);
/**
* @deprecated use getColumnSerializer
*/
@Deprecated
Serializer<?> getValueSerializer(String columnName);
/**
* Return the value serializer for the specified column name
*
* @param columnName
* @return
*/
Serializer<?> getColumnSerializer(String columnName);
/**
* Return the set of supported column names
*
* @return
*/
Set<ByteBuffer> getColumnNames();
/**
* Convert a key to a string using the package's key serializer
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
String keyAsString(ByteBuffer key);
/**
* Convert a column name to a string using the package's column serializer
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
String columnAsString(ByteBuffer column);
/**
* Convert a value to a string using the package's value serializer. Will
* use either a column specific serializer, if one was specified, or the
* default value serializer.
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
String valueAsString(ByteBuffer column, ByteBuffer value);
/**
* Convert a string key to a ByteBuffer using the package's key serializer
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
ByteBuffer keyAsByteBuffer(String key);
/**
* Convert a string column name to a ByteBuffer using the package's column
* serializer
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
ByteBuffer columnAsByteBuffer(String column);
/**
* Convert a string value to a string using the package's value serializer
*
* @param key
* @return
*/
ByteBuffer valueAsByteBuffer(ByteBuffer column, String value);
/**
* Convert a string value to a string using the package's value serializer
*
* @param column
* @param value
* @return
*/
ByteBuffer valueAsByteBuffer(String column, String value);
}