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package com.hazelcast.org.apache.calcite.schema;

import com.hazelcast.org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataType;
import com.hazelcast.org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataTypeFactory;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Function that returns a table during execution time.
 *
 * In contrast with {@code TableMacro}, the result of the table is not known
 * until execution.
 */
public interface TableFunction extends Function {
  /**
   * Returns the record type of the table yielded by this function when
   * applied to given arguments. Only literal arguments are passed,
   * non-literal are replaced with default values (null, 0, false, etc).
   *
   * @param typeFactory Type factory
   * @param arguments arguments of a function call (only literal arguments
   *                  are passed, nulls for non-literal ones)
   * @return row type of the table
   */
  RelDataType getRowType(RelDataTypeFactory typeFactory,
      List