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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;

}