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package com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.data;

import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.detach.Detachable;
import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.type.UserDefinedType;
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;

/**
 * Driver-side representation of an instance of a CQL user defined type.
 *
 * It is an ordered set of named, typed fields.
 *
 * 
A tuple value is attached if and only if its type is attached (see {@link Detachable}).
 *
 * 
The default implementation returned by the driver is mutable and serializable. If you write
 * your own implementation, serializability is not mandatory, but recommended for use with some
 * 3rd-party tools like Apache Spark ™.
 */
public interface UdtValue
    extends GettableById, GettableByName, SettableById, SettableByName {

  @NonNull
  UserDefinedType getType();

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of the contents of this UDT.
   *
   * 
This produces a CQL literal, for example:
   *
   * 
   * {street:'42 Main Street',zip:12345}
   * 
   *
   * Notes:
   *
   * 
   *   This method does not sanitize its output in any way. In particular, no effort is made to
   *       limit output size: all fields are included, and large strings or blobs will be appended
   *       as-is.
   *   
Be mindful of how you expose the result. For example, in high-security environments, it
   *       might be undesirable to leak data in application logs.
   * 
   */
  @NonNull
  default String getFormattedContents() {
    return codecRegistry().codecFor(getType(), UdtValue.class).format(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an abstract representation of this object, that may not include the UDT's
   * contents.
   *
   * The driver's built-in {@link UdtValue} implementation returns the default format of {@link
   * Object#toString()}: the class name, followed by the at-sign and the hash code of the object.
   *
   * Omitting the contents was a deliberate choice, because we feel it would make it too easy to
   * accidentally leak data (e.g. in application logs). If you want the contents, use {@link
   * #getFormattedContents()}.
   */
  @Override
  String toString();
}