Package org.apache.iceberg.variants

Interface Variant

public interface Variant

A variant metadata and value pair.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Variant	from(java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
VariantMetadata	metadata()	Returns the metadata for all values in the variant.
static Variant	of(VariantMetadata metadata, VariantValue value)
static java.lang.String	toString(Variant variant)
VariantValue	value()	Returns the variant value.

Method Detail

metadata

VariantMetadata metadata()

Returns the metadata for all values in the variant.

value

VariantValue value()

Returns the variant value.

of

static Variant of(VariantMetadata metadata,
                  VariantValue value)

from

static Variant from(java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)

toString

static java.lang.String toString(Variant variant)