GenericObject (Pulsar Client :: API 2.10.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericRecord
```
public interface GenericObject
```
This is an abstraction over the logical value that is store into a Message. Pulsar decodes the payload of the Message using the Schema that is configured for the topic.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getNativeObject()`	Return the internal native representation of the Object, like a AVRO GenericRecord, a String or a byte[].
`SchemaType`	`getSchemaType()`	Return the schema tyoe.

- Method Detail
  - getSchemaType
```
SchemaType getSchemaType()
```
    Return the schema tyoe.
    
    Returns:
    
    the schema type
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this feature is not implemented
    
    See Also:
    
    when the topic has no schema information, SchemaType.STRING, SchemaType.AVRO, SchemaType.PROTOBUF_NATIVE, SchemaType.JSON
  - getNativeObject
```
java.lang.Object getNativeObject()
```
    Return the internal native representation of the Object, like a AVRO GenericRecord, a String or a byte[].
    
    Returns:
    
    the decoded object
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported