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package org.hibernate.hql.internal.ast.tree;

import org.hibernate.type.Type;

import antlr.SemanticException;

Contract for nodes representing operators (logic or arithmetic).
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Contract for nodes representing operators (logic or arithmetic).
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface OperatorNode {
	
Called by the tree walker during hql-sql semantic analysis
after the operator sub-tree is completely built.
/**
	 * Called by the tree walker during hql-sql semantic analysis
	 * after the operator sub-tree is completely built.
	 */
	public abstract void initialize() throws SemanticException;

	
Retrieves the data type for the overall operator expression.
Returns:
The expression's data type./**
	 * Retrieves the data type for the overall operator expression.
	 *
	 * @return The expression's data type.
	 */
	public Type getDataType();
}