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package org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.builder;

import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.Generator;

/**
 * Translates a value to its JSON-like structure.

 * Implementations should handle filtering of field names.
 */
public interface ValueWriter {

    public final class Result {
        private static final Result SUCCESFUL = new Result(null);

        final Object unknownValue;

        private Result(Object target) {
            unknownValue = target;
        }

        public boolean isSuccesful() {
            return SUCCESFUL == this;
        }

        public Object getUnknownValue() {
            return unknownValue;
        }

        public static Result SUCCESFUL() {
            return SUCCESFUL;
        }

        public static Result FAILED(Object target) {
            return new Result(target);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the value was written, false otherwise.
     *
     * @param object
     * @param generator
     * @return {@link Result#SUCCESFUL()} if completed, {@link Result#FAILED(Object)} otherwise containing the failing target
     */
    Result write(T object, Generator generator);
}