Package org.apache.iceberg.expressions

Interface BoundTerm<T>

Type Parameters:
T - the Java type of values produced by this term
All Superinterfaces:
Bound<T>, Serializable, Term
All Known Implementing Classes:
BoundExtract, BoundReference, BoundTransform
public interface BoundTerm<T> extends Bound<T>, Term
Represents a bound term.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    default Comparator<T>
    comparator()
    Returns a Comparator for values produced by this term.
    boolean
    isEquivalentTo(BoundTerm<?> other)
    Returns whether this term is equivalent to another.
    default boolean
    producesNull()
    Returns whether values produced by this expression may be null.
    Type
    type()
    Returns the type produced by this expression.

    Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Bound

    eval, ref

  • Method Details

    • type

      Type type()
      Returns the type produced by this expression.

    • producesNull

      default boolean producesNull()
      Returns whether values produced by this expression may be null.

    • comparator

      default Comparator<T> comparator()
      Returns a Comparator for values produced by this term.

    • isEquivalentTo

      boolean isEquivalentTo(BoundTerm<?> other)
      Returns whether this term is equivalent to another.
      Parameters:
      other - a term
      Returns:
      true if this term returns the same values as the other, false otherwise