com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory Class Reference

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Collaboration diagram for com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory:

Classes
enum	strictness
enum	volatility

Public Member Functions
abstract ScalarFunction	createScalarFunction (ServerInterface srvInterface)
void	getParameterType (ServerInterface srvInterface, SizedColumnTypes parameterTypes)
void	getPerInstanceResources (ServerInterface srvInterface, VResources res)
void	getPerInstanceResources (ServerInterface srvInterface, VResources res, SizedColumnTypes argTypes)
abstract void	getPrototype (ServerInterface srvInterface, ColumnTypes argTypes, ColumnTypes returnType)
void	getReturnType (ServerInterface srvInterface, SizedColumnTypes argTypes, SizedColumnTypes returnType) throws UdfException
UDXType	getUDXFactoryType ()

Public Attributes
strictness	strict
volatility	vol

Protected Attributes
long	libOid
String	sqlName

Detailed Description

Interface for declaring parameters and return types for, and instantiating, an associated ScalarFunction.

Member Function Documentation

abstract ScalarFunction com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory.createScalarFunction ( ServerInterface  srvInterface )

pure virtual

Note: More than one object may be instantiated per query.

Parameters

srvInterface

a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica

Returns

a ScalarFunction object which implements the UDx API described by this metadata.

void com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.getParameterType ( ServerInterface  srvInterface, SizedColumnTypes  parameterTypes  )

inherited

Function to tell Vertica the name and types of parameters that this function uses. Vertica will use this to warn function callers that certain parameters they provide are not affecting anything, or that certain parameters that are not being set are reverting to default values.

Parameters

srvInterface	a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica
parameterTypes	SizedColumnTypes describing the parameters

void com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.getPerInstanceResources ( ServerInterface  srvInterface, VResources  res  )

inherited

Set the resource required for each instance of the UDX Object subclass

Parameters

srvInterface	a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica
res	a VResources object used to tell Vertica what resources are needed by the UDX

Referenced by com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.getPerInstanceResources().

void com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.getPerInstanceResources ( ServerInterface  srvInterface, VResources  res, SizedColumnTypes  argTypes  )

inherited

Set the resource required for each instance of the UDX Object subclass

Parameters

srvInterface	a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica
res	a VResources object used to tell Vertica what resources are needed by the UDX
argTypes	Provides the data types of arguments that this UDx was called with. This may be used to calculate the resources required by the UDx.

abstract void com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.getPrototype ( ServerInterface  srvInterface, ColumnTypes  argTypes, ColumnTypes  returnType  )

pure virtualinherited

Provides the argument and return types of the UDX

Parameters

srvInterface	a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica
argTypes	the types of the arguments
returnType	the type(s) of the return

Implemented in com.vertica.sdk.UDLFactory, and com.vertica.sdk.MultiPhaseTransformFunctionFactory.

Referenced by com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory.getReturnType().

void com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory.getReturnType ( ServerInterface  srvInterface, SizedColumnTypes  argTypes, SizedColumnTypes  returnType  ) throws UdfException

virtual

For scalar functions, this function needs to be overridden only if the return type needs length/precision specification.

Parameters

srvInterface	a ServerInterface object used to communicate with Vertica
argTypes	The data type of the return value defined by processBlock()
returnType	The size of the data returned by processBlock()

Implements com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.

UDXType com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory.getUDXFactoryType ( )

virtual

Returns

the object type internally used by Vertica

Implements com.vertica.sdk.UDXFactory.

Member Data Documentation

volatility com.vertica.sdk.ScalarFunctionFactory.vol

Strictness and Volatility settings that the UDSF programmer can set Defaults are VOLATILE and CALLED_ON_NULL_INPUT