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//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.

#ifndef Patternist_Aggregator_H
#define Patternist_Aggregator_H

#include <private/qfunctioncall_p.h>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

namespace QPatternist
{

    /**
     * @short Carries a staticType() implementation appropriate
     * for functions which returns a singleton value derived from its first argument.
     *
     * One example of such a function is FloorFN, implementing <tt>fn:floor()</tt>,
     * which returns a single value of the same type as the first argument, or the empty
     * sequence if the first argument evaluates to the empty sequence.
     *
     * Aggregator is abstract, and exists for saving code. It is inherited
     * by classes which needs the staticType() implementation this class provides.
     *
     * @see Piper
     * @ingroup Patternist_functions
     * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@nokia.com>
     */
    class Aggregator : public FunctionCall
    {
    public:
        /**
         * @returns a static type where the ItemType is the same as this FunctionCall's first
         * argument, and the Cardinality is as return from Cardinality::toWithoutMany().
         */
        virtual SequenceType::Ptr staticType() const;
    };
}

QT_END_NAMESPACE

#endif
