org.apache.inlong.sort.filesystem.shaded.software.amazon.ion.IonSymbol Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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*
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package software.amazon.ion;
/**
* An Ion symbol value.
*
* WARNING: This interface should not be implemented or extended by
* code outside of this library.
*/
public interface IonSymbol
extends IonText
{
/**
* Gets the text content of this symbol.
*
* @return the text of the symbol, or null if this is
* null.symbol.
*
* @throws UnknownSymbolException if this symbol has unknown text.
*/
public String stringValue()
throws UnknownSymbolException;
/**
* Returns this value as a symbol token (text + ID).
*
* @return null if {@link #isNullValue()}
*
*/
public SymbolToken symbolValue();
/**
* Changes the value of this element.
*
* @param value the new value of this symbol;
* may be null to make this null.symbol.
*
* @throws EmptySymbolException if value is the empty string.
*/
public void setValue(String value)
throws EmptySymbolException;
public IonSymbol clone()
throws UnknownSymbolException;
}