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<h1 title="Class SqlCaseOperator" class="title">Class SqlCaseOperator</h1>
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<div class="inheritance">org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlCaseOperator</div>
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<div class="type-signature"><span class="modifiers">public class </span><span class="element-name type-name-label">SqlCaseOperator</span>
<span class="extends-implements">extends <a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></span></div>
<div class="block">An operator describing a <code>CASE</code>, <code>NULLIF</code> or <code>
COALESCE</code> expression. All of these forms are normalized at parse time
to a to a simple <code>CASE</code> statement like this:
<blockquote><pre><code>CASE
WHEN &lt;when expression_0&gt; THEN &lt;then expression_0&gt;
WHEN &lt;when expression_1&gt; THEN &lt;then expression_1&gt;
...
WHEN &lt;when expression_N&gt; THEN &lt;then expression_N&gt;
ELSE &lt;else expression&gt;
END</code></pre></blockquote>
<p>The switched form of the <code>CASE</code> statement is normalized to the
simple form by inserting calls to the <code>=</code> operator. For
example,</p>
<blockquote><pre><code>CASE x + y
WHEN 1 THEN 'fee'
WHEN 2 THEN 'fie'
ELSE 'foe'
END</code></pre></blockquote>
<p>becomes</p>
<blockquote><pre><code>CASE
WHEN Equals(x + y, 1) THEN 'fee'
WHEN Equals(x + y, 2) THEN 'fie'
ELSE 'foe'
END</code></pre></blockquote>
<p>REVIEW jhyde 2004/3/19 Does <code>Equals</code> handle NULL semantics
correctly?</p>
<p><code>COALESCE(x, y, z)</code> becomes</p>
<blockquote><pre><code>CASE
WHEN x IS NOT NULL THEN x
WHEN y IS NOT NULL THEN y
ELSE z
END</code></pre></blockquote>
<p><code>NULLIF(x, -1)</code> becomes</p>
<blockquote><pre><code>CASE
WHEN x = -1 THEN NULL
ELSE x
END</code></pre></blockquote>
<p>Note that some of these normalizations cause expressions to be duplicated.
This may make it more difficult to write optimizer rules (because the rules
will have to deduce that expressions are equivalent). It also requires that
some part of the planning process (probably the generator of the calculator
program) does common sub-expression elimination.</p>
<p>REVIEW jhyde 2004/3/19. Expanding expressions at parse time has some other
drawbacks. It is more difficult to give meaningful validation errors: given
<code>COALESCE(DATE '2004-03-18', 3.5)</code>, do we issue a type-checking
error against a <code>CASE</code> operator? Second, I'd like to use the
<a href="../SqlNode.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlNode</code></a> object model to generate SQL to send to 3rd-party databases,
but there's now no way to represent a call to COALESCE or NULLIF. All in all,
it would be better to have operators for COALESCE, NULLIF, and both simple
and switched forms of CASE, then translate to simple CASE when building the
<a href="../../rex/RexNode.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.rex"><code>RexNode</code></a> tree.</p>
<p>The arguments are physically represented as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <i>when</i> expressions are stored in a <a href="../SqlNodeList.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlNodeList</code></a>
whenList.</li>
<li>The <i>then</i> expressions are stored in a <a href="../SqlNodeList.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlNodeList</code></a>
thenList.</li>
<li>The <i>else</i> expression is stored as a regular <a href="../SqlNode.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlNode</code></a>.</li>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color"><code>static final <a href="SqlCaseOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql.fun">SqlCaseOperator</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color"><code><a href="#INSTANCE" class="member-name-link">INSTANCE</a></code></div>
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<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#kind">kind</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#MDX_PRECEDENCE">MDX_PRECEDENCE</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#NL">NL</a></code></div>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>boolean</code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#checkOperandTypes(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCallBinding,boolean)" class="member-name-link">checkOperandTypes</a><wbr>(<a href="../SqlCallBinding.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCallBinding</a>&nbsp;callBinding,
boolean&nbsp;throwOnFailure)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Checks that the operand values in a <a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlCall</code></a> to this operator are
valid.</div>
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<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral,org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode...)" class="member-name-link">createCall</a><wbr>(@Nullable <a href="../SqlLiteral.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlLiteral</a>&nbsp;functionQualifier,
<a href="../parser/SqlParserPos.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql.parser">SqlParserPos</a>&nbsp;pos,
@Nullable <a href="../SqlNode.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlNode</a>...&nbsp;operands)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Creates a call to this operator with an array of operands.</div>
</div>
<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="../../rel/type/RelDataType.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.rel.type">RelDataType</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)" class="member-name-link">deriveType</a><wbr>(<a href="../validate/SqlValidator.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidator</a>&nbsp;validator,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;scope,
<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Derives the type of a call to this operator.</div>
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<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="../SqlOperandCountRange.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperandCountRange</a></code></div>
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<div class="block">Returns a constraint on the number of operands expected by this operator.</div>
</div>
<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="../SqlSyntax.html" title="enum in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlSyntax</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#getSyntax()" class="member-name-link">getSyntax</a>()</code></div>
<div class="col-last even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4">
<div class="block">Returns the syntactic type of this operator, never null.</div>
</div>
<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="../../rel/type/RelDataType.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.rel.type">RelDataType</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#inferReturnType(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding)" class="member-name-link">inferReturnType</a><wbr>(<a href="../SqlOperatorBinding.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperatorBinding</a>&nbsp;opBinding)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Infers the return type of an invocation of this operator; only called
after the number and types of operands have already been validated.</div>
</div>
<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>void</code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,int,int)" class="member-name-link">unparse</a><wbr>(<a href="../SqlWriter.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlWriter</a>&nbsp;writer,
<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call_,
int&nbsp;leftPrec,
int&nbsp;rightPrec)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Writes a SQL representation of a call to this operator to a writer,
including parentheses if the operators on either side are of greater
precedence.</div>
</div>
<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code>void</code></div>
<div class="col-second odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab4"><code><a href="#validateCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)" class="member-name-link">validateCall</a><wbr>(<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidator.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidator</a>&nbsp;validator,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;scope,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;operandScope)</code></div>
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<div class="block">Validates a call to this operator.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#acceptCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.util.SqlVisitor,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">acceptCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#acceptCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.util.SqlVisitor,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,boolean,org.apache.calcite.sql.util.SqlBasicVisitor.ArgHandler)">acceptCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#adjustType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataType)">adjustType</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#allowsFraming()">allowsFraming</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#argumentMustBeScalar(int)">argumentMustBeScalar</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#checkOperandCount(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.type.SqlOperandTypeChecker,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">checkOperandCount</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#constructArgNameList(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">constructArgNameList</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#constructArgTypeList(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,java.util.List,boolean)">constructArgTypeList</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#constructOperandList(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,java.util.List)">constructOperandList</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral,org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,java.lang.Iterable)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral,org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNodeList)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode...)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,java.util.List)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNodeList)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNodeList)">createCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#deriveOperandType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,int,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode)">deriveOperandType</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#getAllowedSignatures()">getAllowedSignatures</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#getAllowedSignatures(java.lang.String)">getAllowedSignatures</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#getKind()">getKind</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#getLeftPrec()">getLeftPrec</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#getMonotonicity(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)">getMonotonicity</a>, <a 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href="../SqlOperator.html#isDeterministic()">isDeterministic</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#isDynamicFunction()">isDynamicFunction</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#isGroup()">isGroup</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#isGroupAuxiliary()">isGroupAuxiliary</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#isName(java.lang.String,boolean)">isName</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#isSymmetrical()">isSymmetrical</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#leftPrec(int,boolean)">leftPrec</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#not()">not</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#preValidateCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">preValidateCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#requiresDecimalExpansion()">requiresDecimalExpansion</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#requiresOrder()">requiresOrder</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#requiresOver()">requiresOver</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#reverse()">reverse</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#rewriteCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">rewriteCall</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#rightPrec(int,boolean)">rightPrec</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#toString()">toString</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#unparseListClause(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode)">unparseListClause</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#unparseListClause(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlKind)">unparseListClause</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#validateOperands(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">validateOperands</a>, <a href="../SqlOperator.html#validRexOperands(int,org.apache.calcite.util.Litmus)">validRexOperands</a></code></div>
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<h3>INSTANCE</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public static final</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="SqlCaseOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql.fun">SqlCaseOperator</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">INSTANCE</span></div>
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<section class="detail" id="validateCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)">
<h3>validateCall</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type">void</span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">validateCall</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidator.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidator</a>&nbsp;validator,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;scope,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;operandScope)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#validateCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Validates a call to this operator.
<p>This method should not perform type-derivation or perform validation
related related to types. That is done later, by
<a href="../SqlOperator.html#deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)"><code>SqlOperator.deriveType(SqlValidator, SqlValidatorScope, SqlCall)</code></a>. This method
should focus on structural validation.
<p>A typical implementation of this method first validates the operands,
then performs some operator-specific logic. The default implementation
just validates the operands.
<p>This method is the default implementation of <a href="../SqlCall.html#validate(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)"><code>SqlCall.validate(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator, org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)</code></a>;
but note that some sub-classes of <a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlCall</code></a> never call this method.</div>
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<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#validateCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)">validateCall</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>call</code> - the call to this operator</dd>
<dd><code>validator</code> - the active validator</dd>
<dd><code>scope</code> - validator scope</dd>
<dd><code>operandScope</code> - validator scope in which to validate operands to this
call; usually equal to scope, but not always because
some operators introduce new scopes</dd>
<dt>See Also:</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="see-list-long">
<li><a href="../SqlNode.html#validateExpr(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope)"><code>SqlNode.validateExpr(SqlValidator, SqlValidatorScope)</code></a></li>
<li><a href="../SqlOperator.html#deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)"><code>SqlOperator.deriveType(SqlValidator, SqlValidatorScope, SqlCall)</code></a></li>
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<section class="detail" id="deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">
<h3>deriveType</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../../rel/type/RelDataType.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.rel.type">RelDataType</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">deriveType</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="../validate/SqlValidator.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidator</a>&nbsp;validator,
<a href="../validate/SqlValidatorScope.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.validate">SqlValidatorScope</a>&nbsp;scope,
<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Derives the type of a call to this operator.
<p>This method is an intrinsic part of the validation process so, unlike
<a href="../SqlOperator.html#inferReturnType(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding)"><code>SqlOperator.inferReturnType(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding)</code></a>, specific operators would not typically override
this method.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#deriveType(org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidator,org.apache.calcite.sql.validate.SqlValidatorScope,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall)">deriveType</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>validator</code> - Validator</dd>
<dd><code>scope</code> - Scope of validation</dd>
<dd><code>call</code> - Call to this operator</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>Type of call</dd>
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<section class="detail" id="checkOperandTypes(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCallBinding,boolean)">
<h3>checkOperandTypes</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type">boolean</span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">checkOperandTypes</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="../SqlCallBinding.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCallBinding</a>&nbsp;callBinding,
boolean&nbsp;throwOnFailure)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#checkOperandTypes(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCallBinding,boolean)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Checks that the operand values in a <a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlCall</code></a> to this operator are
valid. Subclasses must either override this method or supply an instance
of <a href="../type/SqlOperandTypeChecker.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.type"><code>SqlOperandTypeChecker</code></a> to the constructor.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#checkOperandTypes(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCallBinding,boolean)">checkOperandTypes</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>callBinding</code> - description of call</dd>
<dd><code>throwOnFailure</code> - whether to throw an exception if check fails
(otherwise returns false in that case)</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>whether check succeeded</dd>
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<h3>inferReturnType</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../../rel/type/RelDataType.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.rel.type">RelDataType</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">inferReturnType</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="../SqlOperatorBinding.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperatorBinding</a>&nbsp;opBinding)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#inferReturnType(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Infers the return type of an invocation of this operator; only called
after the number and types of operands have already been validated.
Subclasses must either override this method or supply an instance of
<a href="../type/SqlReturnTypeInference.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.type"><code>SqlReturnTypeInference</code></a> to the constructor.</div>
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<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#inferReturnType(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding)">inferReturnType</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>opBinding</code> - description of invocation (not necessarily a
<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql"><code>SqlCall</code></a>)</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>inferred return type</dd>
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<h3>getOperandCountRange</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../SqlOperandCountRange.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperandCountRange</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">getOperandCountRange</span>()</div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#getOperandCountRange()">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Returns a constraint on the number of operands expected by this operator.
Subclasses may override this method; when they don't, the range is
derived from the <a href="../type/SqlOperandTypeChecker.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql.type"><code>SqlOperandTypeChecker</code></a> associated with this
operator.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#getOperandCountRange()">getOperandCountRange</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>acceptable range</dd>
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<section class="detail" id="getSyntax()">
<h3>getSyntax</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../SqlSyntax.html" title="enum in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlSyntax</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">getSyntax</span>()</div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#getSyntax()">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Returns the syntactic type of this operator, never null.</div>
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<dt>Specified by:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#getSyntax()">getSyntax</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
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<h3>createCall</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">createCall</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(@Nullable <a href="../SqlLiteral.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlLiteral</a>&nbsp;functionQualifier,
<a href="../parser/SqlParserPos.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql.parser">SqlParserPos</a>&nbsp;pos,
@Nullable <a href="../SqlNode.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlNode</a>...&nbsp;operands)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral,org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode...)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Creates a call to this operator with an array of operands.
<p>The position of the resulting call is the union of the <code>pos</code>
and the positions of all of the operands.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#createCall(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlLiteral,org.apache.calcite.sql.parser.SqlParserPos,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlNode...)">createCall</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>functionQualifier</code> - Function qualifier (e.g. "DISTINCT"), or null</dd>
<dd><code>pos</code> - Parser position of the identifier of the call</dd>
<dd><code>operands</code> - Array of operands</dd>
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<section class="detail" id="unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,int,int)">
<h3>unparse</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">public</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type">void</span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">unparse</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="../SqlWriter.html" title="interface in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlWriter</a>&nbsp;writer,
<a href="../SqlCall.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlCall</a>&nbsp;call_,
int&nbsp;leftPrec,
int&nbsp;rightPrec)</span></div>
<div class="block"><span class="descfrm-type-label">Description copied from class:&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,int,int)">SqlOperator</a></code></span></div>
<div class="block">Writes a SQL representation of a call to this operator to a writer,
including parentheses if the operators on either side are of greater
precedence.
<p>The default implementation of this method delegates to
<a href="../SqlSyntax.html#unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperator,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,int,int)"><code>SqlSyntax.unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter, org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperator, org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall, int, int)</code></a>.</div>
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<dt>Overrides:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../SqlOperator.html#unparse(org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlWriter,org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlCall,int,int)">unparse</a></code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code><a href="../SqlOperator.html" title="class in org.apache.calcite.sql">SqlOperator</a></code></dd>
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