params.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * params.h
 *    Support for finding the values associated with Param nodes.
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2013, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/nodes/params.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef PARAMS_H
#define PARAMS_H

/* To avoid including a pile of parser headers, reference ParseState thus: */
struct ParseState;


/* ----------------
 *    ParamListInfo
 *
 *    ParamListInfo arrays are used to pass parameters into the executor
 *    for parameterized plans.  Each entry in the array defines the value
 *    to be substituted for a PARAM_EXTERN parameter.  The "paramid"
 *    of a PARAM_EXTERN Param can range from 1 to numParams.
 *
 *    Although parameter numbers are normally consecutive, we allow
 *    ptype == InvalidOid to signal an unused array entry.
 *
 *    pflags is a flags field.  Currently the only used bit is:
 *    PARAM_FLAG_CONST signals the planner that it may treat this parameter
 *    as a constant (i.e., generate a plan that works only for this value
 *    of the parameter).
 *
 *    There are two hook functions that can be associated with a ParamListInfo
 *    array to support dynamic parameter handling.  First, if paramFetch
 *    isn't null and the executor requires a value for an invalid parameter
 *    (one with ptype == InvalidOid), the paramFetch hook is called to give
 *    it a chance to fill in the parameter value.  Second, a parserSetup
 *    hook can be supplied to re-instantiate the original parsing hooks if
 *    a query needs to be re-parsed/planned (as a substitute for supposing
 *    that the current ptype values represent a fixed set of parameter types).

 *    Although the data structure is really an array, not a list, we keep
 *    the old typedef name to avoid unnecessary code changes.
 * ----------------
 */

#define PARAM_FLAG_CONST    0x0001      /* parameter is constant */

typedef struct ParamExternData
{
    Datum       value;          /* parameter value */
    bool        isnull;         /* is it NULL? */
    uint16      pflags;         /* flag bits, see above */
    Oid         ptype;          /* parameter's datatype, or 0 */
} ParamExternData;

typedef struct ParamListInfoData *ParamListInfo;

typedef void (*ParamFetchHook) (ParamListInfo params, int paramid);

typedef void (*ParserSetupHook) (struct ParseState *pstate, void *arg);

typedef struct ParamListInfoData
{
    ParamFetchHook paramFetch;  /* parameter fetch hook */
    void       *paramFetchArg;
    ParserSetupHook parserSetup;    /* parser setup hook */
    void       *parserSetupArg;
    int         numParams;      /* number of ParamExternDatas following */
    ParamExternData params[1];  /* VARIABLE LENGTH ARRAY */
}   ParamListInfoData;


/* ----------------
 *    ParamExecData
 *
 *    ParamExecData entries are used for executor internal parameters
 *    (that is, values being passed into or out of a sub-query).  The
 *    paramid of a PARAM_EXEC Param is a (zero-based) index into an
 *    array of ParamExecData records, which is referenced through
 *    es_param_exec_vals or ecxt_param_exec_vals.
 *
 *    If execPlan is not NULL, it points to a SubPlanState node that needs
 *    to be executed to produce the value.  (This is done so that we can have
 *    lazy evaluation of InitPlans: they aren't executed until/unless a
 *    result value is needed.)  Otherwise the value is assumed to be valid
 *    when needed.
 * ----------------
 */

typedef struct ParamExecData
{
    void       *execPlan;       /* should be "SubPlanState *" */
    Datum       value;
    bool        isnull;
} ParamExecData;


/* Functions found in src/backend/nodes/params.c */
extern ParamListInfo copyParamList(ParamListInfo from);

#endif   /* PARAMS_H */