// Copyright 2013 The Prometheus Authors
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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package model

import (
	
	
)

// Value is a generic interface for values resulting from a query evaluation.
type Value interface {
	Type() ValueType
	String() string
}

func (Matrix) () ValueType  { return ValMatrix }
func (Vector) () ValueType  { return ValVector }
func (*Scalar) () ValueType { return ValScalar }
func (*String) () ValueType { return ValString }

type ValueType int

const (
	ValNone ValueType = iota
	ValScalar
	ValVector
	ValMatrix
	ValString
)

// MarshalJSON implements json.Marshaler.
func ( ValueType) () ([]byte, error) {
	return json.Marshal(.String())
}

func ( *ValueType) ( []byte) error {
	var  string
	if  := json.Unmarshal(, &);  != nil {
		return 
	}
	switch  {
	case "<ValNone>":
		* = ValNone
	case "scalar":
		* = ValScalar
	case "vector":
		* = ValVector
	case "matrix":
		* = ValMatrix
	case "string":
		* = ValString
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("unknown value type %q", )
	}
	return nil
}

func ( ValueType) () string {
	switch  {
	case ValNone:
		return "<ValNone>"
	case ValScalar:
		return "scalar"
	case ValVector:
		return "vector"
	case ValMatrix:
		return "matrix"
	case ValString:
		return "string"
	}
	panic("ValueType.String: unhandled value type")
}