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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);
}