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package org.apache.gravitino.rel.partitions;

import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.gravitino.annotation.Evolving;
import org.apache.gravitino.rel.Table;

/**
 * A partition represents a result of partitioning a table. The partition can be either a {@link
 * IdentityPartition}, {@link ListPartition} or {@link RangePartition}. It depends on the {@link
 * Table#partitioning()}.
 */
@Evolving
public interface Partition {

  /**
   * @return The name of the partition.
   */
  String name();

  /**
   * @return The properties of the partition, such as statistics, location, etc.
   */
  Map<String, String> properties();
}
