Merges one aggregator into a another aggregator. Merges two partial aggregates results into a single result. Needed for:
- parallel aggregation
- vector aggregation (GROUP BY)
- distinct aggregates (e.g. MAX(DISTINCT Col))
An example of a merge would be: given two COUNT() aggregators, C1 and C2, a merge of C1 into C2 would set C1.count += C2.count. So, given a CountAggregator with a getCount() method that returns its counts, its merge method might look like this:
public void merge(ExecAggregator inputAggregator) throws StandardException { count += ((CountAccgregator)inputAggregator).getCount(); }
@param inputAggregator the other Aggregator (input partial aggregate)
@exception StandardException on error