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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     * @param schema the schema of the record to be built
028     * @return a builder to create a new record and enforce the built record to respect
029     * a static schema. If the entries don't match the schema the build call will fail.
030     */
031    Record.Builder newRecordBuilder(Schema schema);
032
033    /**
034     * @return a builder to create a new record.
035     */
036    Record.Builder newRecordBuilder();
037
038    /**
039     * @param type the schema type.
040     * @return a builder to create a schema.
041     */
042    Schema.Builder newSchemaBuilder(Schema.Type type);
043
044    /**
045     * @return a builder to create a schema entry.
046     */
047    Schema.Entry.Builder newEntryBuilder();
048}