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 *    Padraig O'Sullivan <posullivan@akibainc.com>
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#ifndef DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_QUERY_REWRITE_H
#define DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_QUERY_REWRITE_H

#include "drizzled/atomics.h"
#include "drizzled/plugin/plugin.h"

/**
 * @file Defines the API for a QueryRewriter.  
 */

namespace drizzled
{

namespace plugin
{

/**
 * Class which rewrites queries
 */
class QueryRewriter : public Plugin
{

public:

  explicit QueryRewriter(std::string name_arg)
    : 
      Plugin(name_arg, "QueryRewriter")
  {}

  virtual ~QueryRewriter() {}

  /**
   * Rewrite a query in the form of a std::string
   *
   * @param[in] schema the schema the current session is in
   * @param[out] to_rewrite string representing the query to rewrite
   */
  virtual void rewrite(const std::string &schema, std::string &to_rewrite)= 0; 

  static bool addPlugin(QueryRewriter *in_rewriter);
  static void removePlugin(QueryRewriter *in_rewriter);

  /**
   * Take a query to be rewritten and go through all the rewriters that are registered as plugins
   * and let the enabled ones rewrite they query.
   * TODO: does it make sense to have multiple rewriters?
   *
   * @param[in] schema the schema the current session is
   * @param[out] to_rewrite string representing the query to rewrite
   */
  static void rewriteQuery(const std::string &schema, std::string &to_rewrite);

private:

  QueryRewriter();
  QueryRewriter(const QueryRewriter&);
  QueryRewriter& operator=(const QueryRewriter&);


};

} /* namespace plugin */

} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_PLUGIN_QUERY_REWRITE_H */
