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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.visibility;

import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;

@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface VisibilityLabelOrdinalProvider {

  /**
   * @param label Not null label string
   * @return The ordinal for the label. The ordinal starts from 1. Returns 0 when passed a non
   *         existing label.
   */
  public int getLabelOrdinal(String label);

  /**
   * Returns the string associated with the ordinal. Not be used in MR.
   * @param ordinal representing the visibility label's ordinal
   * @return label associated with the string, null if not found
   */
  public String getLabel(int ordinal);
}
