/**************************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2008 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved.                            *
 * http://esper.codehaus.org                                                          *
 * http://www.espertech.com                                                           *
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license       *
 * a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
 **************************************************************************************/
package com.espertech.esper.event.map;

import com.espertech.esper.client.EventPropertyGetter;
import com.espertech.esper.client.PropertyAccessException;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Property getter for Map-underlying events.
 */
public interface MapEventPropertyGetter extends EventPropertyGetter
{
    /**
     * Returns a property of an event.
     * @param map to interrogate
     * @return property value
     * @throws PropertyAccessException for property access errors
     */
    public Object getMap(Map<String, Object> map) throws PropertyAccessException;

    /**
     * Exists-function for properties in a map-type event.
     * @param map to interrogate
     * @return indicator
     */
    public boolean isMapExistsProperty(Map<String, Object> map);
}