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package org.apache.jena.sparql.expr.aggregate;

import org.apache.jena.graph.Node ;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.expr.ExprList ;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.graph.NodeTransform;
import org.apache.jena.sparql.serializer.SerializationContext ;

/** An Aggregator is the processor for the whole result stream.
 *  BindingKeys identify which section of a group we're in. */ 

public interface Aggregator
{
    //-- Aggregator - per query (strictly, one per SELECT level), unique even if mentioned several times.
    //-- Accumulator - per group per key section processors (from AggregatorBase)

    /** Create an accumulator for this aggregator */ 
    public Accumulator createAccumulator() ;
    
    /** Value if there are no groups : return null for no result */
    public Node getValueEmpty() ;
    
    public String toPrefixString()  ;
    // Key to identify an aggregator as syntax for duplicate use in a query.
    public String key() ;           
    
    /** Get the SPARQL name (COUNT, AVG etc) */
    public String getName() ;
    
    public ExprList getExprList() ;
    public Aggregator copy(ExprList exprs) ;
    public Aggregator copyTransform(NodeTransform transform) ;
    
    @Override
    public int hashCode() ;
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object other) ;

    /** Consider this 'protected' */
    public boolean equals(Aggregator other, boolean bySyntax) ;

    /** Format as an (extended) SPARQL expression */
    public String asSparqlExpr(SerializationContext sCxt) ;
}