BoundTerm (iceberg-api 1.9.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the Java type of values produced by this term

All Superinterfaces:

Bound<T>, java.io.Serializable, Term

All Known Implementing Classes:

BoundExtract, BoundReference, BoundTransform
```
public interface BoundTerm<T>
extends Bound<T>, Term
```
Represents a bound term.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default java.util.Comparator<T>`	`comparator()`	Returns a `Comparator` for values produced by this term.
`boolean`	`isEquivalentTo(BoundTerm<?> other)`	Returns whether this term is equivalent to another.
`default boolean`	`producesNull()`	Returns whether values produced by this expression may be null.
`Type`	`type()`	Returns the type produced by this expression.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Bound
eval, ref

- Method Detail
  - type
```
Type type()
```
    Returns the type produced by this expression.
  - producesNull
```
default boolean producesNull()
```
    Returns whether values produced by this expression may be null.
  - comparator
```
default java.util.Comparator<T> comparator()
```
    Returns a Comparator for values produced by this term.
  - isEquivalentTo
```
boolean isEquivalentTo(BoundTerm<?> other)
```
    Returns whether this term is equivalent to another.
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - a term
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this term returns the same values as the other, false otherwise