yaooqinn commented on a change in pull request #24559:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/24559#discussion_r603745517



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File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/functions/Function.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.functions;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for user-defined functions.
+ */
+public interface Function extends Serializable {
+
+  /**
+   * A name to identify this function. Implementations should provide a 
meaningful name, like the
+   * database and function name from the catalog.
+   */
+  String name();

Review comment:
       Shall we mention that function implementations may be case sensitive or 
case insensitive?




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