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#ifndef DRIZZLED_COMP_CREATOR_H
#define DRIZZLED_COMP_CREATOR_H

namespace drizzled
{

class Item;
class Item_bool_func2;

class Comp_creator
{
public:
  Comp_creator() {}                           /* Remove gcc warning */
  virtual ~Comp_creator() {}                  /* Remove gcc warning */
  virtual Item_bool_func2* create(Item *a, Item *b) const = 0;
  virtual const char* symbol(bool invert) const = 0;
  virtual bool eqne_op() const = 0;
  virtual bool l_op() const = 0;
};

typedef Comp_creator* (*chooser_compare_func_creator)(bool invert);

Comp_creator *comp_eq_creator(bool invert);
Comp_creator *comp_ge_creator(bool invert);
Comp_creator *comp_gt_creator(bool invert);
Comp_creator *comp_le_creator(bool invert);
Comp_creator *comp_lt_creator(bool invert);
Comp_creator *comp_ne_creator(bool invert);

} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_COMP_CREATOR_H */