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package org.apache.orc;

/**
 * Statistics for string columns.
 */
public interface StringColumnStatistics extends ColumnStatistics {
  /**
   * Get the minimum string.
   * @return the minimum
   */
  String getMinimum();

  /**
   * Get the maximum string.
   * @return the maximum
   */
  String getMaximum();

  /**
   * Get the lower bound of the values in this column.
   * The value may be truncated to at most
   * MAX_BYTES_RECORDED.
   * @return lower bound
   */
  String getLowerBound();

  /**
   * Get the upper bound of the values in this column.
   * The value may be truncated to at most
   * MAX_BYTES_RECORDED.
   * @return upper bound
   */
  String getUpperBound();

  /**
   * Get the total length of all strings
   * @return the sum (total length)
   */
  long getSum();
}
