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package com.netflix.astyanax.model;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
/**
* Instance of a row with key type K and column name type C. Child columns can
* be either standard columns or super columns
*
* @author elandau
*
* @param <K>
* @param <C>
*/
public interface Row<K, C> {
/**
* Return the key value
*
* @return
*/
K getKey();
/**
* Return the raw byte buffer for this key
*
* @return
*/
ByteBuffer getRawKey();
/**
* Child columns of the row. Note that if a ColumnPath was provided to a
* query these will be the columns at the column path location and not the
* columns at the root of the row.
*
* @return
*/
ColumnList<C> getColumns();
}