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package org.apache.metamodel.query;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.ColumnType;
import org.apache.metamodel.util.AggregateBuilder;
/**
* Interface that contains the aggregation specific methods
* related to the AggregateBuilder.
*
*/
public interface AggregateFunction extends FunctionType {
/**
* Creates a specific aggregate builder.
*
* @return an AggregateBuilder instance
*/
public AggregateBuilder<?> createAggregateBuilder();
/**
* Shorthand for creating an aggregate builder, adding all
* the values and then calculating the value.
*
* @param values
* @return the aggregated value
*/
public Object evaluate(Object... values);
/**
* Returns the function ColumnType.
*
* @param type
* @return the ColumnType
*/
public ColumnType getExpectedColumnType(ColumnType type);
}