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  package org.apache.carbondata.core.util;
  
  import org.apache.carbondata.core.metadata.schema.table.column.CarbonColumn;
  
  public interface DataTypeConverter {
  
    Object convertFromStringToDecimal(Object data);
  
    Object convertFromBigDecimalToDecimal(Object data);
  
    Object convertFromDecimalToBigDecimal(Object data);
  
    Object convertFromByteToUTF8String(byte[] data);
  
    byte[] convertFromByteToUTF8Bytes(byte[] data);
  
    byte[] convertFromStringToByte(Object data);
  
    Object convertFromStringToUTF8String(Object Data);
  
    Object wrapWithGenericArrayData(Object data);
  
    Object wrapWithGenericRow(Object[] fields);
  
    Object wrapWithArrayBasedMapData(Object[] keyArray, Object[] valueArray);
  
    Object[] unwrapGenericRowToObject(Object data);
  
    Object[] convertCarbonSchemaToSparkSchema(CarbonColumn[] carbonColumns);
  }
  