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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 
 * which accompanies this distribution. 
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 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at 
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink
 ******************************************************************************/  
package org.eclipse.persistence.sessions;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This interface defines the public interface for the EclipseLink DatabaseRecord (was Record),
 * and the other record types XMLRecord, EISRecord.
 * The Map API should be used to access the record data.
 * The data is keyed on the field name, or XPath, and the value is the field data value.
 * @author  mmacivor
 * @since   10.1.3
 */
public interface Record extends Map {
    // Uses Map API.
}