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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.value;

import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Blob;

/**
 * TODO: document
 */
public interface OakValue {

    Blob getBlob() throws RepositoryException;

    /**
     * Returns the Oak internal String representation of a value. Thus, similar
     * to {@link javax.jcr.Value#getString()} but ignoring any JCR specific namespace
     * mapping.
     * @return  A String representation of the value of this property.
     */
    String getOakString() throws RepositoryException;
}