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package org.apache.pinot.core.query.reduce.filter;

import org.apache.pinot.common.request.context.ExpressionContext;


/**
 * Factory for {@link ValueExtractor}.
 */
public interface ValueExtractorFactory {

  /**
   * Create the {@link ValueExtractor} for specific column.
   *
   * @param expression - column expression
   * @return {@link ValueExtractor}
   */
  ValueExtractor getValueExtractor(ExpressionContext expression);
}