asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/BinaryStringStringOrNullTypeComputer.java

package edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;

import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.IAType;
import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.TypeHelper;

/**
 *
 * @author Xiaoyu Ma
 */
public class BinaryStringStringOrNullTypeComputer extends AbstractBinaryStringTypeComputer {
    
    public static final BinaryStringStringOrNullTypeComputer INSTANCE = new BinaryStringStringOrNullTypeComputer();
    private BinaryStringStringOrNullTypeComputer() {}

    @Override
    public IAType getResultType(IAType t0, IAType t1) {
        if (TypeHelper.canBeNull(t0) || TypeHelper.canBeNull(t1)) {
            return AUnionType.createNullableType(BuiltinType.ASTRING);
        }      	
        return BuiltinType.ASTRING;
    }
    
}