PythonFunction (Flink : Table : Common 2.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltInPythonAggregateFunction, PythonAggregateFunction, PythonScalarFunction, PythonTableAggregateFunction, PythonTableFunction
```
@Internal
public interface PythonFunction
extends Serializable
```
The base interface of a wrapper of a Python function. It wraps the serialized Python function and the execution environment.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PythonEnv`	`getPythonEnv()`	Returns the Python execution environment.
`default PythonFunctionKind`	`getPythonFunctionKind()`	Returns the kind of the user-defined python function.
`byte[]`	`getSerializedPythonFunction()`	Returns the serialized representation of the user-defined python function.
`default boolean`	`takesRowAsInput()`	Returns Whether the Python function takes row as input instead of each columns of a row.

- Method Detail
  - getSerializedPythonFunction
```
byte[] getSerializedPythonFunction()
```
    Returns the serialized representation of the user-defined python function.
  - getPythonEnv
```
PythonEnv getPythonEnv()
```
    Returns the Python execution environment.
  - getPythonFunctionKind
```
default PythonFunctionKind getPythonFunctionKind()
```
    Returns the kind of the user-defined python function.
  - takesRowAsInput
```
default boolean takesRowAsInput()
```
    Returns Whether the Python function takes row as input instead of each columns of a row.