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package org.apache.geode.cache.query;

// import java.util.*;
import org.apache.geode.cache.query.types.StructType;

/**
 * An immutable and thread-safe data type used by the result of some SELECT queries. It
 * allows us to represent of "tuple" of values. It has a fixed number of "fields", each of which has
 * a name and a value. The names and types of these fields are described by a {@link StructType}.
 *
 * @see SelectResults
 *
 * @since GemFire 4.0
 */
public interface Struct {

  /**
   * Return the value associated with the given field name
   *
   * @param fieldName the String name of the field
   * @return the value associated with the specified field
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException If this struct does not have a field named fieldName
   *
   * @see StructType#getFieldIndex
   */
  public Object get(String fieldName);

  /**
   * Get the values in this struct
   * 
   * @return the array of values
   */
  public Object[] getFieldValues();

  /**
   * Returns the StructType that describes the fields of this Struct.
   */
  public StructType getStructType();
}