Class VectorNormalize

java.lang.Object
dev.frostlake.functions.BuiltInFunction
dev.frostlake.functions.scalar.vector.VectorNormalize

public class VectorNormalize extends BuiltInFunction
VECTOR_NORMALIZE(v) — the unit vector v / |v|, always a VECTOR(FLOAT, n).

Live-verified:

  • VECTOR_NORMALIZE([1,2,3]::VECTOR(FLOAT,3)) is [0.26726124,0.5345225,0.80178374] — the quotients computed in float64 and then NARROWED to float32 elements, not the float64 0.2672612419124244;
  • the arithmetic really is float64: [1e-30,2e-30,2e-30] normalizes to [0.33333334,0.6666667,0.6666667], which float32 could not compute (the squares underflow there);
  • an INT vector normalizes to a FLOAT one — SYSTEM$TYPEOF of VECTOR_NORMALIZE([1,2,3]::VECTOR(INT,3)) is VECTOR(FLOAT, 3);
  • the ZERO vector is NOT a division by zero: VECTOR_NORMALIZE([0,0,0]::VECTOR(FLOAT,3)) is [0.0,0.0,0.0], not NaN.
  • Constructor Details

    • VectorNormalize

      public VectorNormalize()
  • Method Details

    • evaluate

      public Object evaluate(List<Object> args)
      Description copied from class: BuiltInFunction
      Computes the function's result over its already-evaluated argument values. A SQL NULL argument arrives as Java null, and returning null makes the SQL result NULL.
      Specified by:
      evaluate in class BuiltInFunction
      Parameters:
      args - the argument values, in call order
      Returns:
      the function's value for these arguments, or null for SQL NULL
    • getMinArgCount

      public int getMinArgCount()
      Description copied from class: BuiltInFunction
      The fewest arguments a call to this function may pass; fewer is an argument-count error.
      Specified by:
      getMinArgCount in class BuiltInFunction
      Returns:
      the minimum accepted argument count
    • getMaxArgCount

      public int getMaxArgCount()
      Description copied from class: BuiltInFunction
      The most arguments a call to this function may pass; Integer.MAX_VALUE marks a variadic function (see BuiltInFunction.isVariadic()).
      Specified by:
      getMaxArgCount in class BuiltInFunction
      Returns:
      the maximum accepted argument count