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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.lib;
import java.util.Stack;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException;
/**
* Dispatcher interface for Operators Used in operator graph walking to dispatch
* process/visitor functions for operators.
*/
public interface Dispatcher {
/**
* Dispatcher function.
*
* @param nd
* operator to process.
* @param stack
* operator stack to process.
* @param nodeOutputs
* The argument list of outputs from processing other nodes that are
* passed to this dispatcher from the walker.
* @return Object The return object from the processing call.
* @throws SemanticException
*/
Object dispatch(Node nd, Stack stack, Object... nodeOutputs)
throws SemanticException;
}