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003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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009 *
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016
017package com.pyranid;
018
019import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
020import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
021import java.util.List;
022import java.util.Optional;
023
024/**
025 * Encapsulates {@link java.sql.PreparedStatement} parameter data meant to be bound to a vector type (for example, PostgreSQL's <a href="https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector" target="_blank">{@code pgvector}</a>), by {@link PreparedStatementBinder}.
026 * <p>
027 * Stardard instances may be constructed via the following factory methods:
028 * <ul>
029 *   <li>{@link Parameters#vectorOfFloats(float[])}</li>
030 *   <li>{@link Parameters#vectorOfFloats(List)}</li>
031 *   <li>{@link Parameters#vectorOfDoubles(double[])}</li>
032 *   <li>{@link Parameters#vectorOfDoubles(List)}</li>
033 *   <li>{@link Parameters#vectorOfBigDecimals(List)}</li>
034 * </ul>
035 * Implementations should be threadsafe.
036 *
037 * @author <a href="https://www.revetkn.com">Mark Allen</a>
038 * @since 3.0.0
039 */
040@ThreadSafe
041public interface VectorParameter {
042        /**
043         * Gets the elements of this vector.
044         *
045         * @return the elements of this vector
046         */
047        @Nonnull
048        Optional<double[]> getElements();
049}