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package com.google.gerrit.index;
import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
import com.google.protobuf.MessageLite;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
/**
* Representation of a field stored on the index. Used to load field values from different index
* backends.
*/
public interface StoredValue {
/** Returns the {@link String} value of the field. */
String asString();
/** Returns the {@link String} values of the field. */
Iterable asStrings();
/** Returns the {@link Integer} value of the field. */
Integer asInteger();
/** Returns the {@link Integer} values of the field. */
Iterable asIntegers();
/** Returns the {@link Long} value of the field. */
Long asLong();
/** Returns the {@link Long} values of the field. */
Iterable asLongs();
/** Returns the {@link Timestamp} value of the field. */
Timestamp asTimestamp();
/** Returns the {@code byte[]} value of the field. */
byte[] asByteArray();
/** Returns the {@code byte[]} values of the field. */
Iterable asByteArrays();
/**
* Returns the {@code MessageLite} value of the field.
*
* Returns {@code null} if value is not stored as protos (e.g. stored as bytes). {@link
* #asByteArray} can be called instead to obtain the value.
*/
@Nullable
MessageLite asProto();
/**
* Returns the {@code MessageLite} values of the field.
*
*
Returns {@code null} if value is not stored as protos (e.g. stored as bytes). {@link
* #asByteArrays} can be called instead to obtain the value.
*/
@Nullable
Iterable asProtos();
}