/tags/release-0.0.0-rc0/hive/external/serde/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/serde2/objectinspector/primitive/AbstractPrimitiveWritableObjectInspector.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectInspectorUtils.PrimitiveTypeEntry;

/**
 * An AbstractWritablePrimitiveObjectInspector for a Writable object.
 */
public abstract class AbstractPrimitiveWritableObjectInspector extends
    AbstractPrimitiveObjectInspector {

  protected AbstractPrimitiveWritableObjectInspector(
      PrimitiveTypeEntry typeEntry) {
    super(typeEntry);
  }

  @Override
  public Object getPrimitiveWritableObject(Object o) {
    return o;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean preferWritable() {
    return true;
  }

}