Github user ravipesala commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/carbondata/pull/1732#discussion_r159589346
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/core/scan/result/vector/CarbonColumnVector.java
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@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@
DataType getType();
+ /**
+ * Method to be used for getting the restructured data type. This method
will used for
+ * retrieving the data after change in data type restructure operation
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ DataType getRestructuredType();
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Better rename as BlockDataType to give more meaning ful
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