Github user hvanhovell commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/20043#discussion_r180725444
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sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/ExprValue.scala
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+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen
+
+import scala.language.implicitConversions
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType
+
+// An abstraction that represents the evaluation result of [[ExprCode]].
+abstract class ExprValue {
+
+ val javaType: String
+
+ // Whether we can directly access the evaluation value anywhere.
+ // For example, a variable created outside a method can not be accessed
inside the method.
+ // For such cases, we may need to pass the evaluation as parameter.
+ val canDirectAccess: Boolean
+
+ def isPrimitive: Boolean = CodeGenerator.isPrimitiveType(javaType)
+}
+
+object ExprValue {
+ implicit def exprValueToString(exprValue: ExprValue): String =
exprValue.toString
+}
+
+// A literal evaluation of [[ExprCode]].
+class LiteralValue(val value: String, val javaType: String) extends
ExprValue {
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We currently have case objects for `TrueLiteral` and `FalseLiteral` which
extends `LiteralValue`.
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