/tags/release-0.1-rc2/hive/external/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/udf/UDFExp.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Description;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.io.DoubleWritable;

/**
 * UDFExp.
 *
 */
@Description(name = "exp",
    value = "_FUNC_(x) - Returns e to the power of x",
    extended = "Example:\n "
    + "  > SELECT _FUNC_(0) FROM src LIMIT 1;\n" + "  1")
public class UDFExp extends UDF {
  private DoubleWritable result = new DoubleWritable();

  public UDFExp() {
  }

  /**
   * Raise e (the base of natural logarithm) to the power of a.
   */
  public DoubleWritable evaluate(DoubleWritable a) {
    if (a == null) {
      return null;
    } else {
      result.set(Math.exp(a.get()));
      return result;
    }
  }

}