dtcollation.h

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#pragma once

#include <drizzled/definitions.h>
#include <drizzled/visibility.h>
#include <drizzled/common_fwd.h>

namespace drizzled {

class DRIZZLED_API DTCollation
{
public:
  const charset_info_st* collation;
  Derivation derivation;

  DRIZZLED_LOCAL DTCollation();
  DRIZZLED_LOCAL DTCollation(const charset_info_st*, Derivation);
  void set(DTCollation &dt);
  void set(const charset_info_st*, Derivation);
  void set(const charset_info_st*);
  void set(Derivation derivation_arg);
  bool set(DTCollation &dt1, DTCollation &dt2, uint32_t flags= 0);

  DRIZZLED_LOCAL bool aggregate(DTCollation &dt, uint32_t flags= 0);

  DRIZZLED_LOCAL const char *derivation_name() const;

};


bool agg_item_collations(DTCollation &c, const char *name,
                         Item **items, uint32_t nitems,
                         uint32_t flags, int item_sep);
bool agg_item_collations_for_comparison(DTCollation &c, const char *name,
                                        Item **items, uint32_t nitems,
                                        uint32_t flags);

/*

 @note In Drizzle we have just one charset, so no conversion is required (though collation may).

  Collect arguments' character sets together.

  We allow to apply automatic character set conversion in some cases.
  The conditions when conversion is possible are:
  - arguments A and B have different charsets
  - A wins according to coercibility rules
    (i.e. a column is stronger than a string constant,
     an explicit COLLATE clause is stronger than a column)
  - character set of A is either superset for character set of B,
    or B is a string constant which can be converted into the
    character set of A without data loss.

  If all of the above is true, then it's possible to convert
  B into the character set of A, and then compare according
  to the collation of A.

  For functions with more than two arguments:
  @code
    collect(A,B,C) ::= collect(collect(A,B),C)
  @endcode
  Since this function calls Session::change_item_tree() on the passed Item **
  pointers, it is necessary to pass the original Item **'s, not copies.
  Otherwise their values will not be properly restored (see BUG#20769).
  If the items are not consecutive (eg. args[2] and args[5]), use the
  item_sep argument, ie.
  @code
    agg_item_charsets(coll, fname, &args[2], 2, flags, 3)
  @endcode
*/
bool agg_item_charsets(DTCollation &c, const char *name,
                       Item **items, uint32_t nitems, uint32_t flags,
                       int item_sep);


void my_coll_agg_error(DTCollation &c1, DTCollation &c2, const char *fname);
void my_coll_agg_error(DTCollation &c1, DTCollation &c2, DTCollation &c3,
                       const char *fname);
void my_coll_agg_error(Item** args, uint32_t count, const char *fname,
                       int item_sep);

} /* namespace drizzled */