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package org.eigenbase.rel;

import java.util.List;

import org.eigenbase.sql.SqlExplainLevel;
import org.eigenbase.util.Pair;

/**
 * Callback for an expression to dump itself to.
 *
 * <p>It is used for generating EXPLAIN PLAN output, and also for serializing
 * a tree of relational expressions to JSON.</p>
 */
public interface RelWriter {
  /**
   * Prints an explanation of a node, with a list of (term, value) pairs.
   *
   * <p>The term-value pairs are generally gathered by calling
   * {@link RelNode#explain(RelWriter)}. Each sub-class of
   * {@link RelNode} calls {@link #input(String, org.eigenbase.rel.RelNode)}
   * and {@link #item(String, Object)} to declare term-value pairs.</p>
   *
   * @param rel       Relational expression
   * @param valueList List of term-value pairs
   */
  void explain(RelNode rel, List<Pair<String, Object>> valueList);

  /**
   * @return detail level at which plan should be generated
   */
  SqlExplainLevel getDetailLevel();

  /**
   * Adds an input to the explanation of the current node.
   *
   * @param term  Term for input, e.g. "left" or "input #1".
   * @param input Input relational expression
   */
  RelWriter input(String term, RelNode input);

  /**
   * Adds an attribute to the explanation of the current node.
   *
   * @param term  Term for attribute, e.g. "joinType"
   * @param value Attribute value
   */
  RelWriter item(String term, Object value);

  /**
   * Adds an input to the explanation of the current node, if a condition
   * holds.
   */
  RelWriter itemIf(String term, Object value, boolean condition);

  /**
   * Writes the completed explanation.
   */
  RelWriter done(RelNode node);

  /**
   * Returns whether the writer prefers nested values. Traditional explain
   * writers prefer flattened values.
   */
  boolean nest();
}

// End RelWriter.java