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package com.facebook.presto.common.type;

import com.facebook.presto.common.block.BlockBuilder;

/**
 * FixedWidthType is a type that has a fixed size for every value.
 */
public interface FixedWidthType
        extends Type
{
    /**
     * Gets the size of a value of this type is bytes. All values
     * of a FixedWidthType are the same size.
     */
    int getFixedSize();

    /**
     * Creates a block builder for this type sized to hold the specified number
     * of positions.
     */
    BlockBuilder createFixedSizeBlockBuilder(int positionCount);
}
