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#ifndef DRIZZLED_FUNCTION_GET_SYSTEM_VAR_H
#define DRIZZLED_FUNCTION_GET_SYSTEM_VAR_H

#include <drizzled/function/func.h>
#include <drizzled/lex_string.h>

namespace drizzled
{

class sys_var;

Item *get_system_var(Session *session, sql_var_t var_type, LEX_STRING name,
                     LEX_STRING component);

/* A system variable */

class Item_func_get_system_var :public Item_func
{
  sys_var *var;
  sql_var_t var_type;
  LEX_STRING component;

public:
  Item_func_get_system_var(sys_var *var_arg, sql_var_t var_type_arg,
                           LEX_STRING *component_arg, const char *name_arg,
                           size_t name_len_arg);
  bool fix_fields(Session *session, Item **ref);
  /*
    Stubs for pure virtual methods. Should never be called: this
    item is always substituted with a constant in fix_fields().
  */
  double val_real()         { assert(0); return 0.0; }
  int64_t val_int()        { assert(0); return 0; }
  String* val_str(String*)  { assert(0); return 0; }
  void fix_length_and_dec() { assert(0); }
  /* TODO: fix to support views */
  const char *func_name() const { return "get_system_var"; }
};


} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_FUNCTION_GET_SYSTEM_VAR_H */
