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003 * <p>
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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015 */
016package org.talend.sdk.component.api.service.record;
017
018import org.talend.sdk.component.api.record.Record;
019import org.talend.sdk.component.api.record.Schema;
020
021/**
022 * Entry point to create records (through builders).
023 */
024public interface RecordBuilderFactory {
025
026    /**
027     * @return a builder to create a new record and enforce the built record to respect
028     * a static schema. If the entries don't match the schema the build call will fail.
029     */
030    Record.Builder newRecordBuilder(Schema schema);
031
032    /**
033     * @return a builder to create a new record.
034     */
035    Record.Builder newRecordBuilder();
036
037    /**
038     * @param type the schema type.
039     * @return a builder to create a schema.
040     */
041    Schema.Builder newSchemaBuilder(Schema.Type type);
042
043    /**
044     * @return a builder to create a schema entry.
045     */
046    Schema.Entry.Builder newEntryBuilder();
047}