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package org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.metadata;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.SerializationHeader;

/**
 * Defines Metadata component type.
 */
public enum MetadataType
{
    /** Metadata only used for SSTable validation */
    VALIDATION(ValidationMetadata.serializer),
    /** Metadata only used at compaction */
    COMPACTION(CompactionMetadata.serializer),
    /** Metadata always keep in memory */
    STATS(StatsMetadata.serializer),
    /** Serialization header */
    HEADER((IMetadataComponentSerializer)SerializationHeader.serializer);

    public final IMetadataComponentSerializer<MetadataComponent> serializer;

    private MetadataType(IMetadataComponentSerializer<MetadataComponent> serializer)
    {
        this.serializer = serializer;
    }
}
