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package org.apache.cassandra.db.composites;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.ColumnIdentifier;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Allocator;

/**
 * A CellName is a Composite, but for which, for the sake of CQL3, we
 * distinguish different parts: a CellName has first a number of clustering
 * components, followed by the CQL3 column name, and then possibly followed by
 * a collection element part.
 *
 * The clustering prefix can itself be composed of multiple component. It can
 * also be empty if the table has no clustering keys. In general, the CQL3
 * column name follows. However, some type of COMPACT STORAGE layout do not
 * store the CQL3 column name in the cell name and so this part can be null (we
 * call "dense" the cells whose name don't store the CQL3 column name).
 *
 * Lastly, if the cell is part of a CQL3 collection, we'll have a last
 * component (a UUID for lists, an element for sets and a key for maps).
 */
public interface CellName extends Composite
{
    /**
     * The number of clustering components.
     *
     * It can be 0 if the table has no clustering columns, and it can be
     * equal to size() if the table is dense() (in which case cql3ColumnName()
     * will be null).
     */
    public int clusteringSize();

    /**
     * The name of the CQL3 column this cell represents.
     *
     * Will be null for cells of "dense" tables.
     */
    public ColumnIdentifier cql3ColumnName();

    /**
     * The value of the collection element, or null if the cell is not part
     * of a collection (i.e. if !isCollectionCell()).
     */
    public ByteBuffer collectionElement();
    public boolean isCollectionCell();

    /**
     * Whether this cell is part of the same CQL3 row as the other cell.
     */
    public boolean isSameCQL3RowAs(CellName other);

    // If cellnames were sharing some prefix components, this will break it, so
    // we might want to try to do better.
    @Override
    public CellName copy(Allocator allocator);
}