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package org.dinky.shaded.paimon.casting;

import org.dinky.shaded.paimon.types.DataType;

/**
 * A {@link CastRule} provides the logic to create a {@link CastExecutor} starting from the input
 * and the target types. A rule is matched using {@link CastRulePredicate}.
 *
 * @param  Input internal type
 * @param  Output internal type
 */
public interface CastRule {

    /** @see CastRulePredicate for more details about a cast rule predicate definition. */
    CastRulePredicate getPredicateDefinition();

    /**
     * Create a {@link CastExecutor} starting from the provided input type. The returned {@link
     * CastExecutor} assumes the input value is using the internal data type, and it's a valid value
     * for the provided {@code targetType}.
     */
    CastExecutor create(DataType inputType, DataType targetType);
}