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016package org.talend.sdk.component.api.record;
017
018/**
019 * Represents a extraction logic from a path (jsonpointer) for records.
020 */
021public interface RecordPointer {
022
023    /**
024     * Enables to extract a value from a record.
025     *
026     * @param target the record to use as base.
027     * @param type the expected type to extract.
028     * @param <T> the extracted type.
029     * @return the value extracted from record.
030     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the value does not exist.
031     */
032    <T> T getValue(Record target, Class<T> type);
033}