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016package org.talend.sdk.component.api.record;
017
018/**
019 * Adapted representation of jsonpointer specification for record modelling.
020 */
021@FunctionalInterface
022public interface RecordPointerFactory {
023
024    /**
025     * Note that you can reuse this instance safely.
026     *
027     * @param pointer the pointer (same as jsonpointer rule) to use to build the record pointer.
028     * @return a record pointer corresponding to the parameter value.
029     */
030    RecordPointer apply(String pointer);
031}