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  package com.mysql.cj.result;
  
  import java.math.BigDecimal;
  import java.math.BigInteger;
  
  import com.mysql.cj.conf.PropertySet;
  import com.mysql.cj.protocol.InternalDate;
  import com.mysql.cj.protocol.InternalTime;
  import com.mysql.cj.protocol.InternalTimestamp;
  
  /**
   * A class implements the <code>ValueFactory&lt;T&gt;</code> interface to create value instances from intermediate forms.
   * <p>
   * A <code>ValueFactory</code> implementation is responsible for creating instance of a single type, supplying a value for the type parameter <tt>T</tt>. If an
   * instance cannot be created from the intermediate form, an {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException} can be thrown.
   * 
   * @param <T>
   *            value type
   *
   * @since 6.0
   */
  public interface ValueFactory<T> {
  
      void setPropertySet(PropertySet pset);
  
      T createFromDate(InternalDate idate);
  
      T createFromTime(InternalTime it);
  
      T createFromTimestamp(InternalTimestamp its);
  
      T createFromDatetime(InternalTimestamp its);
  
      T createFromLong(long l);
  
      T createFromBigInteger(BigInteger i);
  
      T createFromDouble(double d);
  
      T createFromBigDecimal(BigDecimal d);
  
      T createFromBytes(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length, Field f);
  
      T createFromBit(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
  
      T createFromYear(long l);
  
      /**
       * Create result value from intermediate null value.
       * 
       * @return T object
       */
      T createFromNull();
  
      /**
       * Get the actual class name of T parameter.
       * 
       * @return class name
       */
      String getTargetTypeName();
  }
  