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package org.apache.flink.table.expressions;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
import org.apache.flink.table.api.TableException;
import org.apache.flink.table.types.DataType;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Expression that has been fully resolved and validated.
 *
 * Compared to {@link Expression}, resolved expressions do not contain unresolved subexpressions
 * anymore and provide an output data type for the computation result.
 *
 * 
Instances of this class describe a fully parameterized, immutable expression that can be
 * serialized and persisted.
 *
 * Resolved expression are the output of the API to the planner and are pushed from the planner
 * into interfaces, for example, for predicate push-down.
 */
@PublicEvolving
public interface ResolvedExpression extends Expression {

    /**
     * Returns a string that fully serializes this instance. The serialized string can be used for
     * storing the query in, for example, a {@link org.apache.flink.table.catalog.Catalog} as a
     * view.
     *
     * @return detailed string for persisting in a catalog
     */
    default String asSerializableString() {
        throw new TableException(
                String.format(
                        "Expression '%s' is not string serializable. Currently, only expressions that "
                                + "originated from a SQL expression have a well-defined string representation.",
                        asSummaryString()));
    }

    /** Returns the data type of the computation result. */
    DataType getOutputDataType();

    List getResolvedChildren();
}