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package org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.field;
import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.SettingsAware;
/**
* Basic extractor (for serialization purposes) of a field. Typically used with {@link SettingsAware} for configuration/injection purposes.
*
*/
public interface FieldExtractor {
public Object NOT_FOUND = new Object();
/**
* Returns the associated JSON representation for the given target.
* If the target cannot be handled, {@value #NOT_FOUND} should be returned.
*
* @param target
* @return
*/
Object field(Object target);
}