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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.thrift;
import org.apache.thrift.TException;
/**
* An interface for TProtocols that actually write out nulls - This should be
* for all those that don't actually use fieldids in the written data like
* TCTLSeparatedProtocol.
*
*/
public interface WriteNullsProtocol {
/**
* Was the last primitive read really a NULL. Need only be called when the
* value of the primitive was 0. ie the protocol should return 0 on nulls and
* the caller will then check if it was actually null For boolean this is
* false.
*/
boolean lastPrimitiveWasNull() throws TException;
/**
* Write a null.
*/
void writeNull() throws TException;
}