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package com.hazelcast.query.impl.getters;
/**
* Base class for extraction of values from object instances.
* Each sub-class encapsulates extraction strategy.
*/
abstract class Getter {
protected final Getter parent;
public Getter(final Getter parent) {
this.parent = parent;
}
/**
* Method for attribute-specific getters that can extract from one path only
*/
abstract Object getValue(Object obj) throws Exception;
/**
* Method for generic getters that are not bound to a specific path only, but can get any attributePath
* and extract from it.
*/
Object getValue(Object obj, String attributePath) throws Exception {
return getValue(obj);
}
abstract Class getReturnType();
abstract boolean isCacheable();
}