core/src/main/java/org/apache/calcite/rel/RelCollation.java

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package org.apache.calcite.rel;

import org.apache.calcite.plan.RelMultipleTrait;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Description of the physical ordering of a relational expression.
 *
 * <p>An ordering consists of a list of one or more column ordinals and the
 * direction of the ordering.
 */
public interface RelCollation extends RelMultipleTrait {
  //~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Returns the ordinals and directions of the columns in this ordering.
   */
  List<RelFieldCollation> getFieldCollations();
}

// End RelCollation.java