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  package org.apache.cassandra.db;
  
  /**
   * The threshold between two different ranges, i.e. a shortcut for the combination of two ClusteringBounds -- one
   * specifying the end of one of the ranges, and its (implicit) complement specifying the beginning of the other.
   */
  public interface ClusteringBoundary<V> extends ClusteringBoundOrBoundary<V>
  {
      @Override
      public ClusteringBoundary<V> invert();
  
      public ClusteringBound<V> openBound(boolean reversed);
  
      public ClusteringBound<V> closeBound(boolean reversed);
  
      public static <V> ClusteringBoundary<V> create(ClusteringBound.Kind kind, ClusteringPrefix<V> from)
      {
          return from.accessor().factory().boundary(kind, from.getRawValues());
      }
  
      @Override
      default ClusteringBound<V> asStartBound()
      {
          return openBound(false);
      }
  
      @Override
      default ClusteringBound<V> asEndBound()
      {
          return closeBound(false);
      }
  }