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//! Accumulator module contains the trait definition for aggregation function's accumulators.

use arrow::array::ArrayRef;
use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
use std::fmt::Debug;

/// An accumulator represents a stateful object that lives throughout the evaluation of multiple rows and
/// generically accumulates values.
///
/// An accumulator knows how to:
/// * update its state from inputs via `update_batch`
/// * convert its internal state to a vector of scalar values
/// * update its state from multiple accumulators' states via `merge_batch`
/// * compute the final value from its internal state via `evaluate`
pub trait Accumulator: Send + Sync + Debug {
    /// Returns the state of the accumulator at the end of the accumulation.
    // in the case of an average on which we track `sum` and `n`, this function should return a vector
    // of two values, sum and n.
    fn state(&self) -> Result<Vec<ScalarValue>>;

    /// updates the accumulator's state from a vector of arrays.
    fn update_batch(&mut self, values: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<()>;

    /// updates the accumulator's state from a vector of states.
    fn merge_batch(&mut self, states: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<()>;

    /// returns its value based on its current state.
    fn evaluate(&self) -> Result<ScalarValue>;
}