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package org.apache.flink.types.variant;

/**
 * A data structure that represents a semi-structured value. It consists of two binary values: value
 * and metadata. The value encodes types and values, but not field names. The metadata currently
 * contains a version flag and a list of field names. We can extend/modify the detailed binary
 * format given the version flag.
 *
 * @see <a href="https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/VariantEncoding.md">Variant
 *     Binary Encoding</a> for the detail layout of the data structure.
 */
public class BinaryVariant implements Variant {
    public BinaryVariant(byte[] value, byte[] metadata) {}
}
