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package org.apache.druid.segment.index.semantic;

import org.apache.druid.collections.bitmap.ImmutableBitmap;
import org.apache.druid.segment.column.TypeSignature;
import org.apache.druid.segment.column.ValueType;
import org.apache.druid.segment.index.BitmapColumnIndex;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public interface ValueIndexes
{

  /**
   * Get the {@link ImmutableBitmap} corresponding to rows matching the supplied value.  Generates an empty bitmap when
   * passed a value that doesn't exist. May return null if a value index cannot be computed for the supplied value type.
   *
   * Does not match null, use {@link NullValueIndex} for matching nulls.
   *
   * @param value       value to match
   * @param valueType   type of the value to match, used to assist conversion from the match value type to the column
   *                    value type
   * @return            {@link ImmutableBitmap} corresponding to the rows which match the value, or null if an index
   *                    connot be computed for the supplied value type
   */
  @Nullable
  BitmapColumnIndex forValue(@Nonnull Object value, TypeSignature<ValueType> valueType);
}
