manual/query_builder/schema/aggregate/README.md

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## Aggregate

Aggregates enable users to apply User-defined functions (UDF) to rows in a data set and combine
their values into a final result, for example average or standard deviation.  [SchemaBuilder]
offers API methods for creating and dropping aggregates.

### Creating an aggregate (CREATE AGGREGATE)

To start a `CREATE AGGREGATE` query, use `createAggregate` in [SchemaBuilder]:

```java
import static com.datastax.oss.driver.api.querybuilder.SchemaBuilder.*;

CreateAggregateStart create = createAggregate("average");
```

Like all other `CREATE` queries, one may supply `ifNotExists()` to require that the aggregate should
only be created if it doesn't already exist, i.e.:

```java
CreateAggregateStart create = createAggregate("cycling", "average").ifNotExists();
```

You may also specify that you would like to replace an existing aggregate by the same signature if
it exists.  In this case, use `orReplace`:

```java
CreateAggregateStart create = createAggregate("cycling", "average").orReplace();
```

One may also specify the parameters of an aggregate using `withParameter`:

```java
CreateAggregateStart create = createAggregate("cycling", "average")
    .withParameter(DataTypes.INT);
```

To complete an aggregate, one must then provide the following:

* The state function (`withSFunc`) to execute on each row
* The type of the value returned by the state function (`withSType`)

In addition, while optional, it is typical that the following is also provided:

* The final function to be executed after the state function is evaluated against all rows
  (`withFinalFunc`)
* The initial condition (`withInitCond`) which defines the initial value(s) to be passed in to the
  first parameter of the state function.

For example, the following defines a complete `CREATE AGGREGATE` statement:

```java
createAggregate("cycling", "average")
    .withParameter(DataTypes.INT)
    .withSFunc("avgstate")
    .withSType(DataTypes.tupleOf(DataTypes.INT, DataTypes.BIGINT))
    .withFinalFunc("avgfinal")
    .withInitCond(tuple(literal(0), literal(0)));

// CREATE AGGREGATE cycling.average (int) SFUNC avgstate STYPE tuple<int, bigint> FINALFUNC avgfinal INITCOND (0,0)
```

### Dropping an aggregate (DROP AGGREGATE)

To create a `DROP AGGREGATE` query, use `dropAggregate`:

```java
dropAggregate("cycling", "average");
// DROP AGGREGATE cycling.average
```

You may also specify `ifExists`:

```java
dropAggregate("average").ifExists();
// DROP AGGREGATE IF EXISTS average
```

[SchemaBuilder]: https://docs.datastax.com/en/drivers/java/4.17/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/querybuilder/SchemaBuilder.html