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package org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.filter.resolver;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.expression.Expression;
import org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.expression.exception.FilterUnsupportedException;
import org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.filter.intf.FilterExecutorType;
import org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.filter.resolver.resolverinfo.DimColumnResolvedFilterInfo;
import org.apache.carbondata.core.scan.filter.resolver.resolverinfo.MeasureColumnResolvedFilterInfo;

public interface FilterResolverIntf extends Serializable {

  /**
   * This API will resolve the filter expression and generates the
   * dictionaries for executing/evaluating the filter expressions in the
   * executor layer.
   *
   * @throws FilterUnsupportedException
   */
  void resolve() throws FilterUnsupportedException;

  /**
   * This API will provide the left column filter expression
   * inorder to resolve the left expression filter.
   *
   * @return FilterResolverIntf
   */
  FilterResolverIntf getLeft();

  /**
   * API will provide the right column filter expression inorder to resolve
   * the right expression filter.
   *
   * @return FilterResolverIntf
   */
  FilterResolverIntf getRight();

  /**
   * API will return the resolved filter instance, this instance will provide
   * the resolved surrogates based on the applied filter
   *
   * @return DimColumnResolvedFilterInfo object
   */
  DimColumnResolvedFilterInfo getDimColResolvedFilterInfo();

  /**
   * API will return the resolved filter instance, this instance will provide
   * the resolved surrogates based on the applied filter
   *
   * @return MeasureColumnResolvedFilterInfo object
   */
  MeasureColumnResolvedFilterInfo getMsrColResolvedFilterInfo();

  /**
   * API will return the filter executer type which will be used to evaluate
   * the resolved filter while query execution
   *
   * @return FilterExecuterType.
   */
  FilterExecutorType getFilterExecutorType();

  Expression getFilterExpression();

}