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package org.apache.calcite.sql.type;

import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataType;
import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelDataTypeFactory;
import org.apache.calcite.rel.type.RelProtoDataType;
import org.apache.calcite.sql.SqlOperatorBinding;

/**
 * A {@link SqlReturnTypeInference} which always returns the same SQL type.
 */
public class ExplicitReturnTypeInference implements SqlReturnTypeInference {
  //~ Instance fields --------------------------------------------------------

  protected final RelProtoDataType protoType;

  //~ Constructors -----------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Creates an inference rule which always returns the same type object.
   *
   * <p>If the requesting type factory is different, returns a copy of the
   * type object made using {@link RelDataTypeFactory#copyType(RelDataType)}
   * within the requesting type factory.
   *
   * <p>A copy of the type is required because each statement is prepared using
   * a different type factory; each type factory maintains its own cache of
   * canonical instances of each type.
   *
   * @param protoType Type object
   */
  protected ExplicitReturnTypeInference(RelProtoDataType protoType) {
    assert protoType != null;
    this.protoType = protoType;
  }

  //~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

  @Override public RelDataType inferReturnType(SqlOperatorBinding opBinding) {
    return protoType.apply(opBinding.getTypeFactory());
  }
}
