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using System; 
using System.Collections.Generic;
//using System.Diagnostics; // Please use PlanCompiler.Assert instead of Debug.Assert in this class...
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Common; 
using System.Data.Metadata.Edm;
using System.Data.Common.CommandTrees; 
using System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.ExpressionBuilder; 
using System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.Internal;
using System.Data.Common.EntitySql; 
using System.Data.Query.InternalTrees;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Common.Utils; 

namespace System.Data.Query.PlanCompiler 
{ 
    internal class ITreeGenerator : DbExpressionVisitor
    { 
        #region Nested Types
        /// 
        /// Abstract base class for both DbExpressionBinding and LambdaFunction scopes
        ///  
        private abstract class CqtVariableScope
        { 
            internal abstract bool Contains(string varName); 
            internal abstract Node this[string varName] { get; }
        } 

        /// 
        /// Represents a variable scope introduced by a CQT DbExpressionBinding, and therefore contains a single variable.
        ///  
        private class ExpressionBindingScope : CqtVariableScope
        { 
            private Command _tree; 
            private string _varName;
            private Var _var; 

            internal ExpressionBindingScope(Command iqtTree, string name, Var iqtVar)
            {
                _tree = iqtTree; 
                _varName = name;
                _var = iqtVar; 
            } 

            internal override bool Contains(string name) { return (_varName == name); } 
            internal override Node this[string name]
            {
                get
                { 
                    PlanCompiler.Assert(name == _varName,"huh?");
                    return _tree.CreateNode(_tree.CreateVarRefOp(_var)); 
                } 
            }
 
            internal Var ScopeVar { get { return _var; } }
        }

        ///  
        /// Represents a variable scope introduced by a LambdaFunction.
        ///  
        private sealed class LambdaScope : CqtVariableScope 
        {
            private readonly ITreeGenerator _treeGen; 
            private readonly Command _command;
            private readonly Dictionary _arguments;
            private readonly Dictionary _referencedArgs;
 
            internal LambdaScope(ITreeGenerator treeGen, Command command, Dictionary args)
            { 
                _treeGen = treeGen; 
                _command = command;
                _arguments = args; 
                _referencedArgs = new Dictionary(_arguments.Count);
            }

            internal override bool Contains(string name) { return (_arguments.ContainsKey(name)); } 
            internal override Node this[string name]
            { 
                get 
                {
                    PlanCompiler.Assert(_arguments.ContainsKey(name), "LambdaScope indexer called for invalid Var"); 

                    Node argNode = _arguments[name];
                    if (_referencedArgs.ContainsKey(argNode))
                    { 
                        // The specified argument has already been substituted into the
                        // IQT and so this substitution requires a copy of the argument. 
                        VarMap mappedVars = null; 

                        // This is a 'deep copy' operation that clones the entire subtree rooted at the node. 
                        Node argCopy = OpCopier.Copy(_command, argNode, out mappedVars);

                        // If any Nodes in the copy of the argument produce Vars then the
                        // Node --> Var map must be updated to include them. 
                        if (mappedVars.Count > 0)
                        { 
                            List sources = new List(1); 
                            sources.Add(argNode);
 
                            List copies = new List(1);
                            copies.Add(argCopy);

                            MapCopiedNodeVars(sources, copies, mappedVars); 
                        }
 
                        argNode = argCopy; 
                    }
                    else 
                    {
                        // This is the first reference of the lambda argument, so the Node itself
                        // can be returned rather than a copy, but the dictionary that tracks
                        // whether or not an argument has been referenced needs to be updated. 
                        _referencedArgs[argNode] = true;
                    } 
 
                    return argNode;
                } 
            }

            private void MapCopiedNodeVars(IList sources, IList copies, Dictionary varMappings)
            { 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(sources.Count == copies.Count, "Source/Copy Node count mismatch");
 
                // 
                // For each Source/Copy Node in the two lists:
                // - Recursively update the Node --> Var map for any child nodes 
                // - If the Source Node is mapped to a Var, then retrieve the new Var
                //   produced by the Op copier that corresponds to that Source Var, and
                //   add an entry to the Node --> Var map that maps the Copy Node to the
                //   new Var. 
                //
                for (int idx = 0; idx < sources.Count; idx++) 
                { 
                    Node sourceNode = sources[idx];
                    Node copyNode = copies[idx]; 

                    if (sourceNode.Children.Count > 0)
                    {
                        MapCopiedNodeVars(sourceNode.Children, copyNode.Children, varMappings); 
                    }
 
                    Var sourceVar = null; 
                    if (_treeGen.VarMap.TryGetValue(sourceNode, out sourceVar))
                    { 
                        PlanCompiler.Assert(varMappings.ContainsKey(sourceVar), "No mapping found for Var in Var to Var map from OpCopier");
                        this._treeGen.VarMap[copyNode] = varMappings[sourceVar];
                    }
                } 
            }
        } 
        #endregion 

        private static Dictionary s_opMap = InitializeExpressionKindToOpTypeMap(); 

        private readonly Command _iqtCommand;
        private readonly Stack _varScopes = new Stack();
        private readonly Dictionary _varMap = new Dictionary(); 
        private readonly Stack _functionExpansions = new Stack();
        ///  
        /// Maintained only for model functions with user-defined body. 
        /// 
        private readonly Dictionary _functionsIsPredicateFlag = new Dictionary(); 

        // Used to track which IsOf type filter expressions have already been processed
        private readonly HashSet _processedIsOfFilters = new HashSet();
        private readonly HashSet _fakeTreats = new HashSet(); 

        // leverage discriminator metadata in the top-level project when translating query mapping views... 
        private readonly System.Data.Mapping.ViewGeneration.DiscriminatorMap _discriminatorMap; 
        private readonly DbProjectExpression _discriminatedViewTopProject;
 

        /// 
        /// Initialize the DbExpressionKind --> OpType mappings for DbComparisonExpression and DbArithmeticExpression
        ///  
        private static Dictionary InitializeExpressionKindToOpTypeMap()
        { 
            Dictionary opMap = new Dictionary(12); 

            // 
            // Arithmetic operators
            //
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Plus] = OpType.Plus;
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Minus] = OpType.Minus; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Multiply] = OpType.Multiply;
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Divide] = OpType.Divide; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Modulo] = OpType.Modulo; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.UnaryMinus] = OpType.UnaryMinus;
 
            //
            // Comparison operators
            //
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.Equals] = OpType.EQ; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.NotEquals] = OpType.NE;
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.LessThan] = OpType.LT; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.GreaterThan] = OpType.GT; 
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.LessThanOrEquals] = OpType.LE;
            opMap[DbExpressionKind.GreaterThanOrEquals] = OpType.GE; 

            return opMap;
        }
 
        internal Dictionary VarMap { get { return _varMap; } }
 
        public static Command Generate(DbQueryCommandTree ctree) 
        {
            return Generate(ctree, null); 
        }

        /// 
        /// Generate an IQT given a query command tree and discriminator metadata (available for certain query mapping views) 
        /// 
        internal static Command Generate(DbQueryCommandTree ctree, System.Data.Mapping.ViewGeneration.DiscriminatorMap discriminatorMap) 
        { 
            ITreeGenerator treeGenerator = new ITreeGenerator(ctree, discriminatorMap);
            return treeGenerator._iqtCommand; 
        }

        private ITreeGenerator(DbQueryCommandTree ctree, System.Data.Mapping.ViewGeneration.DiscriminatorMap discriminatorMap)
        { 
            //
            // Create a new IQT Command instance that uses the same metadata workspace as the incoming command tree 
            // 
            _iqtCommand = new Command(ctree.MetadataWorkspace);
 
            //
            // When translating a query mapping view matching the TPH discrimination pattern, remember the top level discriminator map
            // (leveraged to produced a DiscriminatedNewInstanceOp for the top-level projection in the view)
            // 
            if (null != discriminatorMap)
            { 
                _discriminatorMap = discriminatorMap; 
                // see System.Data.Mapping.ViewGeneration.DiscriminatorMap
                PlanCompiler.Assert(ctree.Query.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.Project, 
                    "top level QMV expression must be project to match discriminator pattern");
                _discriminatedViewTopProject = (DbProjectExpression)ctree.Query;
            }
 
            //
            // For each Parameter declared by the command tree, add a ParameterVar to the set of parameter vars maintained by the conversion visitor. 
            // Each ParameterVar has the same name and type as the corresponding parameter on the command tree. 
            //
            foreach (KeyValuePair paramInfo in ctree.Parameters) 
            {
                if (!ValidateParameterType(paramInfo.Value))
                {
                    throw EntityUtil.NotSupported(System.Data.Entity.Strings.ParameterTypeNotSupported(paramInfo.Key, paramInfo.Value.ToString())); 
                }
                _iqtCommand.CreateParameterVar(paramInfo.Key, paramInfo.Value); 
            } 

            // Convert into an ITree 
            _iqtCommand.Root = VisitExpr(ctree.Query);

            //
            // If the root of the tree is not a relop, build up a fake project over a 
            // a singlerowtableOp.
            //   "s" => Project(SingleRowTableOp, "s") 
            // 
            if (!_iqtCommand.Root.Op.IsRelOp)
            { 
                Node scalarExpr = ConvertToScalarOpTree(_iqtCommand.Root, ctree.Query);
                Node singletonTableNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateSingleRowTableOp());
                Var newVar;
                Node varDefListNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(scalarExpr, out newVar); 
                ProjectOp projectOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(newVar);
 
 
                Node newRoot = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projectOp, singletonTableNode, varDefListNode);
 
                if (TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(_iqtCommand.Root.Op.Type))
                {
                    UnnestOp unnestOp = _iqtCommand.CreateUnnestOp(newVar);
                    newRoot = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(unnestOp, varDefListNode.Child0); 
                    newVar = unnestOp.Table.Columns[0];
                } 
 
                _iqtCommand.Root = newRoot;
                _varMap[_iqtCommand.Root] = newVar; 

            }

            // 
            // Ensure that the topmost portion of the query is capped by a
            // PhysicalProject expression 
            // 
            _iqtCommand.Root = CapWithPhysicalProject(_iqtCommand.Root);
        } 

        private static bool ValidateParameterType(TypeUsage paramType)
        {
            return (paramType != null && paramType.EdmType != null && 
                (TypeSemantics.IsPrimitiveType(paramType) || paramType.EdmType is EnumType));
        } 
 
        #region DbExpressionVisitor Helpers
 
        private static RowType ExtractElementRowType(TypeUsage typeUsage)
        {
            return TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(typeUsage).TypeUsage);
        } 

#if DEBUG 
        private static bool IsCollectionOfRecord(TypeUsage typeUsage) 
        {
            CollectionType collectionType; 
            return (TypeHelpers.TryGetEdmType(typeUsage, out collectionType) &&
                    collectionType != null &&
                    TypeSemantics.IsRowType(collectionType.TypeUsage));
        } 
#endif
 
        ///  
        /// Is the current expression a predicate?
        ///  
        /// expr to check
        /// true, if the expression is a predicate
        private bool IsPredicate(DbExpression expr)
        { 
            if (TypeSemantics.IsPrimitiveType(expr.ResultType, PrimitiveTypeKind.Boolean))
            { 
                switch (expr.ExpressionKind) 
                {
                    case DbExpressionKind.Equals: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.NotEquals:
                    case DbExpressionKind.LessThan:
                    case DbExpressionKind.LessThanOrEquals:
                    case DbExpressionKind.GreaterThan: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.GreaterThanOrEquals:
                    case DbExpressionKind.And: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.Or: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.Not:
                    case DbExpressionKind.Like: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.IsEmpty:
                    case DbExpressionKind.IsNull:
                    case DbExpressionKind.IsOf:
                    case DbExpressionKind.IsOfOnly: 
                    case DbExpressionKind.Any:
                    case DbExpressionKind.All: 
                        return true; 
                    case DbExpressionKind.Lambda:
                        // 
                        return IsPredicate(((DbLambdaExpression)expr).Lambda.Body);
                    case DbExpressionKind.Function:
                        {
                            // 
                            EdmFunction edmFunction = ((DbFunctionExpression)expr).Function;
                            if (edmFunction.HasUserDefinedBody) 
                            { 
                                bool isPredicateFunction;
                                if (_functionsIsPredicateFlag.TryGetValue(edmFunction, out isPredicateFunction)) 
                                {
                                    return isPredicateFunction;
                                }
                                else 
                                {
                                    // It is important that IsPredicate is called after the expression has been visited, otherwise 
                                    // _functionsIsPredicateFlag map will not contain an entry for the function with a definition 
                                    PlanCompiler.Assert(false, "IsPredicate must be called on a visited function expression");
                                    return false; 
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            { 
                                return false;
                            } 
                        } 
                    default:
                        return false; 
                }
            }
            else
            { 
                return false;
            } 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Callback to process an expression
        /// 
        /// The expression to convert
        ///  
        private delegate Node VisitExprDelegate(DbExpression e);
 
        private Node VisitExpr(DbExpression e) 
        {
            if (e == null) 
            {
                return null;
            }
            else 
            {
                return e.Accept(this); 
            } 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Convert this expression into a "scalar value" ITree expression. There are two main
        /// 
        ///  
        /// 
        private Node VisitExprAsScalar(DbExpression expr) 
        { 
            if (expr == null)
            { 
                return null;
            }

            Node node = VisitExpr(expr); // the real work 
            node = ConvertToScalarOpTree(node, expr);
            return node; 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Convert an Itree node into a scalar op tree
        /// 
        /// the subtree
        /// the original CQT expression 
        /// the converted subtree
        private Node ConvertToScalarOpTree(Node node, DbExpression expr) 
        { 
            //
            // If the current expression is a collection, and we've simply produced a RelOp 
            // then we need to add a CollectOp above a PhysicalProjectOp above the RelOp
            //
            if (node.Op.IsRelOp)
            { 
                node = ConvertRelOpToScalarOpTree(node, expr.ResultType);
            } 
            // 
            // If the current expression is a boolean, and it is really a predicate, then
            // scalarize the predicate (ie) convert it into a "case when  then 'true' else 'false' end" expression 
            // SQLBUDT #431406: handle 3-valued logic for all predicates except IsNull
            // Convert boolean predicate p into
            //    case when p then true when not(p) then false else null end
            // 
            else if (IsPredicate(expr))
            { 
                CaseOp caseOp = _iqtCommand.CreateCaseOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType); 

                //For 2-valued logic there are 3 arguments, for 3-valued there are 5 
                List arguments = new List((expr.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.IsNull) ? 3 : 5);

                //Add the original as the first when
                arguments.Add(node); 

                //Add the first then, the true node 
                arguments.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateInternalConstantOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType, true))); 

                //If the expression has 3-valued logic, add a second when 
                if (expr.ExpressionKind != DbExpressionKind.IsNull)
                {
                    Node predCopy = VisitExpr(expr);
                    arguments.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Not), predCopy)); 
                }
 
                //Add the false node: for 3 valued logic this is the second then, for 2 valued the else 
                arguments.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateInternalConstantOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType, false)));
 
                //The null node, it is the else-clause for 3-valued logic
                if (expr.ExpressionKind != DbExpressionKind.IsNull)
                {
                    arguments.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateNullOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType))); 
                }
 
                node = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(caseOp, arguments); 
            }
 
            return node;
        }

        ///  
        /// Convert a rel op Itree node into a scalar op tree
        ///  
        ///  
        /// 
        ///  
        private Node ConvertRelOpToScalarOpTree(Node node, TypeUsage resultType)
        {
            PlanCompiler.Assert(TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(resultType), "RelOp with non-Collection result type");
            CollectOp collectOp = _iqtCommand.CreateCollectOp(resultType); 
            //
            // I'm not thrilled about having to build a PhysicalProjectOp here - this 
            // is definitely something I will need to revisit soon 
            //
            Node projectNode = CapWithPhysicalProject(node); 
            node = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(collectOp, projectNode);

            return node;
        } 

        ///  
        /// Convert an expression into an iqt predicate 
        /// 
        /// the expression to process 
        /// 
        private Node VisitExprAsPredicate(DbExpression expr)
        {
            if (expr == null) 
            {
                return null; 
            } 

            Node node = VisitExpr(expr); 

            //
            // If the current expression is not a predicate, then we need to make it one, by
            // comparing it with the constant 'true' 
            //
            if (!IsPredicate(expr)) 
            { 
                ComparisonOp comparisonOp = _iqtCommand.CreateComparisonOp(OpType.EQ);
                Node trueNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateInternalConstantOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType, true)); 
                node = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(comparisonOp, node, trueNode);
            }
            else
            { 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(!node.Op.IsRelOp, "unexpected relOp as predicate?");
            } 
 
            return node;
        } 

        /// 
        /// Process a list of expressions, and apply the delegate to each of the expressions
        ///  
        /// list of cqt expressions to process
        /// the callback to apply 
        /// a list of IQT expressions 
        private static IList VisitExpr(IList exprs, VisitExprDelegate exprDelegate)
        { 
            List nodeList = new List();
            for(int idx = 0; idx < exprs.Count; idx++)
            {
                nodeList.Add(exprDelegate(exprs[idx])); 
            }
            return nodeList; 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Process a set of cqt expressions - and convert them into scalar iqt expressions
        /// 
        /// list of cqt expressions
        /// list of iqt expressions 
        private IList VisitExprAsScalar(IList exprs)
        { 
            return VisitExpr(exprs, VisitExprAsScalar); 
        }
 
        private Node VisitUnary(DbUnaryExpression e, Op op, VisitExprDelegate exprDelegate)
        {
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, exprDelegate(e.Argument));
        } 

        private Node VisitBinary(DbBinaryExpression e, Op op, VisitExprDelegate exprDelegate) 
        { 
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, exprDelegate(e.Left), exprDelegate(e.Right));
        } 

        /// 
        /// Ensures that an input op is a RelOp. If the specified Node's Op is not a RelOp then it is wrapped in an Unnest to create a synthetic RelOp. This is only possible if the input Op produces a collection.
        ///  
        /// The input Node/Op pair
        /// A Node with an Op that is guaranteed to be a RelOp (this may be the original Node or a new Node created to perform the Unnest) 
        private Node EnsureRelOp(Node inputNode) 
        {
            // 
            // Input node = N1
            //
            Op inputOp = inputNode.Op;
 
            //
            // If the Op is already a RelOp then simply return its Node 
            // 
            if (inputOp.IsRelOp)
            { 
                return inputNode;
            }

            // 
            // Assert that the input is a ScalarOp (CQT expressions should only ever produce RelOps or ScalarOps)
            // 
            ScalarOp scalar = inputOp as ScalarOp; 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(scalar != null, "An expression in a CQT produced a non-ScalarOp and non-RelOp output Op");
 
            //
            // Assert that the ScalarOp has a collection result type. EnsureRelOp is called to ensure that arguments to
            // RelOps are either also RelOps or are ScalarOps that produce a collection, which can be wrapped in an
            // unnest to produce a RelOp. 
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(scalar.Type), "An expression used as a RelOp argument was neither a RelOp or a collection"); 
 
            //
            // If the ScalarOp represents the nesting of an existing RelOp, simply return that RelOp instead. 
            // CollectOp(PhysicalProjectOp(x)) => x
            //
            CollectOp collect = inputOp as CollectOp;
            if (collect != null) 
            {
                PlanCompiler.Assert(inputNode.HasChild0, "CollectOp without argument"); 
                if (inputNode.Child0.Op as PhysicalProjectOp != null) 
                {
                    PlanCompiler.Assert(inputNode.Child0.HasChild0, "PhysicalProjectOp without argument"); 
                    PlanCompiler.Assert(inputNode.Child0.Child0.Op.IsRelOp, "PhysicalProjectOp applied to non-RelOp input");

                    //
                    // The structure of the Input is Collect(PhysicalProject(x)), so return x 
                    //
                    return inputNode.Child0.Child0; 
                } 
            }
 
            //
            // Create a new VarDefOp that defines the computed var that represents the ScalarOp collection.
            // This var is the input to the UnnestOp.
            // varDefNode = N2 
            //
            Var inputCollectionVar; 
            Node varDefNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefNode(inputNode, out inputCollectionVar); 

            // 
            // Create an UnnestOp that references the computed var created above. The VarDefOp that defines the var
            // using the original input Node/Op pair becomes a child of the UnnestOp.
            //
            UnnestOp unnest = _iqtCommand.CreateUnnestOp(inputCollectionVar); 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(unnest.Table.Columns.Count == 1, "Unnest of collection ScalarOp produced unexpected number of columns (1 expected)");
 
            // 
            // Create the unnest node, N3
            // The UnnestOp produces a new Var, the single ColumnVar produced by the table that results from the Unnest. 
            //
            Node unnestNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(unnest, varDefNode);
            _varMap[unnestNode] = unnest.Table.Columns[0];
 
            //
            // Create a Project node above the Unnest, so we can simplify the work to eliminate 
            // the Unnest later.  That means we need to create a VarRef to the column var in the 
            // table, a VarDef to define it, and a VarDefList to hold it, then a Project node, N4,
            // which we return. 
            //
            Var projectVar;
            Node varRefNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(unnest.Table.Columns[0]));
            Node varDefListNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(varRefNode, out projectVar); 

            ProjectOp projectOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(projectVar); 
            Node projectNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projectOp, unnestNode, varDefListNode); 

            _varMap[projectNode] = projectVar; 

            return projectNode;
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Cap a RelOp with a ProjectOp. The output var of the Project is the 
        /// output var from the input 
        /// 
        /// the input relop tree 
        /// the relop tree with a projectNode at the root
        private Node CapWithProject(Node input)
        {
            PlanCompiler.Assert(input.Op.IsRelOp, "unexpected non-RelOp?"); 
            if (input.Op.OpType == OpType.Project)
            { 
                return input; 
            }
 
            // Get the Var from the input; and build up a Project above it
            Var inputVar = _varMap[input];
            ProjectOp projectOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(inputVar);
            Node projectNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projectOp, input, 
               _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp()));
            _varMap[projectNode] = inputVar; 
 
            return projectNode;
        } 

        /// 
        /// Cap a relop tree with a PhysicalProjectOp. The Vars of the PhysicalProjectOp
        /// are the vars from the RelOp tree 
        /// 
        /// the input relop tree 
        /// relop tree capped by a PhysicalProjectOp 
        private Node CapWithPhysicalProject(Node input)
        { 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(input.Op.IsRelOp, "unexpected non-RelOp?");

            // Get the Var from the input; and build up a Project above it
            Var inputVar = _varMap[input]; 
            PhysicalProjectOp projectOp = _iqtCommand.CreatePhysicalProjectOp(inputVar);
            Node projectNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projectOp, input); 
 
            return projectNode;
        } 

        /// 
        /// Creates a new variable scope that is based on a CQT DbExpressionBinding and pushes it onto the variable scope stack. The scope defines a single variable based on the DbExpressionBinding's VarName and DbExpression.
        ///  
        /// The DbExpressionBinding that defines the scope
        /// The Node produced by converting the binding's DbExpression 
        private Node EnterExpressionBinding(DbExpressionBinding binding) 
        {
            return PushBindingScope(binding.Expression, binding.VariableName); 
        }

        /// 
        /// Creates a new variable scope that is based on a CQT DbGroupExpressionBinding and pushes it onto the variable scope stack. The scope defines a single variable based on the DbExpressionBinding's VarName and DbExpression. 
        /// This method does not bring the GroupVarName into scope. Note that ExitExpressionBinding and NOT ExitGroupExpressionBinding should be used to remove this scope from the stack.
        ///  
        /// The DbGroupExpressionBinding that defines the scope 
        /// The Node produced by converting the binding's DbExpression
        private Node EnterGroupExpressionBinding(DbGroupExpressionBinding binding) 
        {
            return PushBindingScope(binding.Expression, binding.VariableName);
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Common implementation method called by both EnterExpressionBinding and EnterGroupExpressionBinding 
        ///  
        /// The DbExpression that defines the binding
        /// The name of the binding variable 
        /// 
        private Node PushBindingScope(DbExpression boundExpression, string bindingName)
        {
            // 
            // Visit the DbExpressionBinding's DbExpression to convert it to a Node/Op pair
            // 
            Node inputNode = VisitExpr(boundExpression); 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(inputNode != null, "DbExpressionBinding.Expression produced null conversion");
 
            //
            // Call EnsureRelOp on the converted Node and set inputNode equal to the result
            //
            inputNode = EnsureRelOp(inputNode); 

            // 
            // Retrieve the Var produced by the RelOp from the Node --> Var map 
            //
            Var boundVar = _varMap[inputNode]; 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(boundVar != null, "No Var found for Input Op");

            //
            // Create a new ExpressionBindingScope using the VarName from the DbExpressionBinding and 
            // the Var associated with the Input RelOp, and push the new scope onto the variable scope stack.
            // 
            _varScopes.Push(new ExpressionBindingScope(_iqtCommand, bindingName, boundVar)); 

            // 
            // Return the IQT conversion of the DbExpressionBinding's DbExpression.
            //
            return inputNode;
        } 

        ///  
        /// Removes a variable scope created based on a DbExpressionBinding from the top of the variable scope stack, verifying that it is in fact an ExpressionBindingScope. 
        /// 
        /// The removed ExpressionBindingScope 
        private ExpressionBindingScope ExitExpressionBinding()
        {
            //
            // Pop the scope from the variable scope stack, assert that it is a DbExpressionBinding scope, and return it. 
            //
            ExpressionBindingScope retScope = _varScopes.Pop() as ExpressionBindingScope; 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(retScope != null, "ExitExpressionBinding called without ExpressionBindingScope on top of scope stack"); 
            return retScope;
        } 

        /// 
        /// Removes a variable scope created based on a DbGroupExpressionBinding from the top of the variable scope stack, verifying that it is in fact an ExpressionBindingScope.
        /// Should only be called after visiting the Aggregates of a DbGroupByExpression in Visit(DbGroupByExpression). 
        /// The sequence (in Visit(GroupExpression e) is:
        /// 1. EnterGroupExpressionBinding 
        /// 2.     Visit e.Keys 
        /// 3. ExitExpressionBinding
        /// 4. (Push new scope with GroupVarName instead of VarName) 
        /// 5.     Visit e.Aggregates
        /// 6. ExitGroupExpressionBinding
        /// 
        private void ExitGroupExpressionBinding() 
        {
            ExpressionBindingScope retScope = _varScopes.Pop() as ExpressionBindingScope; 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(retScope != null, "ExitGroupExpressionBinding called without ExpressionBindingScope on top of scope stack"); 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Creates a new variable scope that is based on a CQT DbLambda and pushes it onto the variable scope stack.
        /// 
        /// The DbLambda that defines the scope 
        /// A list of Nodes produced by converting the CQT Expressions that provide the arguments to the Lambda function
        /// an edm function for which the current lambda represents the generated body, otherwise null 
        private void EnterLambdaFunction(DbLambda lambda, List argumentValues, EdmFunction expandingEdmFunction) 
        {
            IList lambdaParams = lambda.Variables; 

            Dictionary args = new Dictionary();
            int idx = 0;
            foreach (Node argumentValue in argumentValues) 
            {
                args.Add(lambdaParams[idx].VariableName, argumentValue); 
                idx++; 
            }
 
            //
            // If lambda represents an edm function body then check for a possible recursion in the function definition.
            //
            if (expandingEdmFunction != null) 
            {
                // 
                // Check if we are already inside the function body. 
                //
                if (_functionExpansions.Contains(expandingEdmFunction)) 
                {
                    throw EntityUtil.CommandCompilation(Entity.Strings.Cqt_UDF_FunctionDefinitionWithCircularReference(expandingEdmFunction.FullName), null);
                }
                // 
                // Push the function before processing its body
                // 
                _functionExpansions.Push(expandingEdmFunction); 
            }
 
            _varScopes.Push(new LambdaScope(this, _iqtCommand, args));
        }

        ///  
        /// Removes a variable scope created based on a Lambda function from the top of the variable scope stack, verifying that it is in fact a LambdaScope.
        ///  
        /// an edm function for which the current lambda represents the generated body, otherwise null 
        private LambdaScope ExitLambdaFunction(EdmFunction expandingEdmFunction)
        { 
            //
            // Pop the scope from the variable scope stack, assert that it is a Lambda scope, and return it.
            //
            LambdaScope retScope = _varScopes.Pop() as LambdaScope; 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(retScope != null, "ExitLambdaFunction called without LambdaScope on top of scope stack");
 
            // 
            // If lambda represents an edm function body then pop the function from the expansion stack and make sure it is the expected one.
            // 
            if (expandingEdmFunction != null)
            {
                EdmFunction edmFunction = _functionExpansions.Pop();
                PlanCompiler.Assert(edmFunction == expandingEdmFunction, "Function expansion stack corruption: unexpected function at the top of the stack"); 
            }
 
            return retScope; 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Constructs a NewRecordOp on top of a multi-Var-producing Op, resulting in a RelOp that produces a single Var.
        /// 
        /// The Node that references the multi-Var-producing Op. This Node will become the first child node of the new ProjectOp's Node 
        /// Type metadata that describes the output record type
        /// A list of Vars that provide the output columns of the projection 
        /// A new ProjectOp that projects a new record of the specified type from the specified Vars over the original input Op/Node 
        private Node ProjectNewRecord(Node inputNode, RowType recType, IEnumerable colVars)
        { 
            //
            // Create a list of VarRefOp Nodes that provide the column values for the new record
            //
            List recordColumns = new List(); 
            foreach (Var colVar in colVars)
            { 
                recordColumns.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(colVar))); 
            }
 
            //
            // Create the NewRecordOp Node using the record column nodes as its child nodes
            //
            Node newRecordNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateNewRecordOp(recType), recordColumns); 

            // 
            // Create a new ComputedVar and a VarDefOp that uses the NewRecordOp Node to define it 
            //
            Var newRecordVar; 
            Node varDefNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(newRecordNode, out newRecordVar);

            //
            // Create a ProjectOp with the single Computed Var defined by the new record construction 
            //
            ProjectOp projection = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(newRecordVar); 
            Node projectionNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projection, inputNode, varDefNode); 
            _varMap[projectionNode] = newRecordVar;
 
            return projectionNode;
        }
        #endregion
 
        #region DbExpressionVisitor Members
 
        public override Node Visit(DbExpression e) 
        {
            throw EntityUtil.NotSupported(System.Data.Entity.Strings.Cqt_General_UnsupportedExpression(e.GetType().FullName)); 
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbConstantExpression e)
        { 
            // Don't use CreateInternalConstantOp - respect user-intent
            // 
            // Note that it is only safe to call GetValue and access the 
            // constant value directly because any immutable values (byte[])
            // will be cloned as the result expression is built in CTreeGenerator, 
            // during the call to DbExpressionBuilder.Constant in VisitConstantOp.
            ConstantBaseOp op = _iqtCommand.CreateConstantOp(e.ResultType, e.GetValue());
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op);
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbNullExpression e) 
        { 
            NullOp op = _iqtCommand.CreateNullOp(e.ResultType);
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op); 
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbVariableReferenceExpression e)
        { 
            //
            // Search the stack of variables scopes, top-down, 
            // until the first one is found that defines a variable with the specified name. 
            //
            Node varNode = null; 
            foreach (CqtVariableScope scope in _varScopes)
            {
                if (scope.Contains(e.VariableName))
                { 
                    varNode = scope[e.VariableName];
                    break; 
                } 
            }
 
            //
            // If the variable name was not resolved then either:
            // 1. The original CQT was invalid (should not be allowed into the ITreeGenerator).
            // 2. The variable scope stack itself is invalid. 
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(varNode != null, "CQT VarRef could not be resolved in the variable scope stack"); 
 
            return varNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbParameterReferenceExpression e)
        {
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(_iqtCommand.GetParameter(e.ParameterName)); 
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op);
        } 
 
        public override Node Visit(DbFunctionExpression e)
        { 
            Node retNode = null;

            if (e.Function.HasUserDefinedBody)
            { 
                // This is a CSpace function with a body definition.
                // Expand it: 
                //  - replace the function call with the call to the body lambda, 
                //  - visit the lambda call expression.
 
                // Get/generate the body lambda. Wrap body generation exceptions.
                DbLambda lambda;
                try
                { 
                    lambda = _iqtCommand.MetadataWorkspace.GetGeneratedFunctionDefinition(e.Function);
                } 
                catch (Exception exception) 
                {
                    if (EntityUtil.IsCatchableExceptionType(exception)) 
                    {
                        throw EntityUtil.CommandCompilation(Entity.Strings.Cqt_UDF_FunctionDefinitionGenerationFailed(e.Function.FullName), exception);
                    }
                    throw; 
                }
 
                // Visit the lambda call expression. 
                // Argument types should be validated by now, hence the visitor should not throw under normal conditions.
                retNode = VisitLambdaExpression(lambda, e.Arguments, e.Function); 

                // Check the body to see if the current function is a predicate function
                // Note that check needs to be done after visiting the the lambdaCall.
                // Doing it after will ensure that the function defintion has no recursion and IsPredicate will not throw the assertion. 
                _functionsIsPredicateFlag[e.Function] = IsPredicate(lambda.Body);
            } 
            else // a regular function call - no expansion needed 
            {
                List argNodes = new List(e.Arguments.Count); 
                for (int idx = 0; idx < e.Arguments.Count; idx++)
                {
                    // Ensure that any argument with a result type that does not exactly match the type of
                    // the corresponding function parameter is enclosed in a SoftCastOp. 
                    argNodes.Add(BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(e.Arguments[idx]), e.Function.Parameters[idx].TypeUsage));
                } 
 
                retNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateFunctionOp(e.Function), argNodes);
            } 

            return retNode;
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbLambdaExpression e)
        { 
            return VisitLambdaExpression(e.Lambda, e.Arguments, null); 
        }
 
        private Node VisitLambdaExpression(DbLambda lambda, IList arguments, EdmFunction expandingEdmFunction)
        {
            Node retNode = null;
 
            List argNodes = new List(arguments.Count);
            foreach (DbExpression argExpr in arguments) 
            { 
                // #484709: Lambda function parameters should not have enclosing SoftCastOps.
                argNodes.Add(VisitExpr(argExpr)); 
            }

            EnterLambdaFunction(lambda, argNodes, expandingEdmFunction);
            retNode = VisitExpr(lambda.Body); 
            ExitLambdaFunction(expandingEdmFunction);
 
            return retNode; 
        }
 
#if METHOD_EXPRESSION
        public override Node Visit(MethodExpression e)
        {
            throw EntityUtil.NotSupported(); 
        }
#endif 
        #region SoftCast Helpers 
        /// 
        /// This method builds a "soft"Cast operator over the input node (if necessary) to (soft) 
        /// cast it to the desired type (targetType)
        ///
        /// If the input is a scalarOp, then we simply add on the SoftCastOp
        /// directly (if it is needed, of course). If the input is a RelOp, we create a 
        /// new ProjectOp above the input, add a SoftCast above the Var of the
        /// input, and then return the new ProjectOp 
        /// 
        /// The "need to cast" is determined by the Command.EqualTypes function. All type
        /// equivalence in the plan compiler is determined by this function 
        /// 
        /// the expression to soft-cast
        /// the desired type to cast to
        ///  
        private Node BuildSoftCast(Node node, TypeUsage targetType)
        { 
            // 
            // If the input is a RelOp (say X), and the Var of the input is "x",
            // we convert this into 
            //   Project(X, softCast(x, t))
            // where t is the element type of the desired target type
            //
            if (node.Op.IsRelOp) 
            {
                CollectionType targetCollectionType = TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(targetType); 
                targetType = targetCollectionType.TypeUsage; 

                Var nodeVar = _varMap[node]; 
                // Do we need a cast at all?
                if (Command.EqualTypes(targetType, nodeVar.Type))
                {
                    return node; 
                }
 
                // Build up the projectOp 
                Var projectVar;
                Node varRefNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(nodeVar)); 
                Node castNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateSoftCastOp(targetType), varRefNode);
                Node varDefListNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(castNode, out projectVar);

                ProjectOp projectOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(projectVar); 
                Node projectNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projectOp, node, varDefListNode);
 
                _varMap[projectNode] = projectVar; 
                return projectNode;
            } 
            else
            {
                PlanCompiler.Assert(node.Op.IsScalarOp, "I want a scalar op");
                if (Command.EqualTypes(node.Op.Type, targetType)) 
                {
                    return node; 
                } 
                else
                { 
                    SoftCastOp castOp = _iqtCommand.CreateSoftCastOp(targetType);
                    return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(castOp, node);
                }
            } 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// A variant of the function above. Works with an EdmType instead
        /// of a TypeUsage, but leverages all the work above 
        /// 
        /// the node to "cast"
        /// the desired type
        /// the transformed expression 
        private Node BuildSoftCast(Node node, EdmType targetType)
        { 
            return BuildSoftCast(node, TypeUsage.Create(targetType)); 
        }
 
        private Node BuildEntityRef(Node arg, TypeUsage entityType)
        {
            TypeUsage refType = TypeHelpers.CreateReferenceTypeUsage((EntityType)entityType.EdmType);
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateGetEntityRefOp(refType), arg); 
        }
 
        #endregion 

        ///  
        /// We simplify the property instance where the user is accessing a key member of
        /// a reference navigation. The instance becomes simply the reference key in such
        /// cases.
        /// 
        /// For instance, product.Category.CategoryID becomes Ref(product.Category).CategoryID,
        /// which gives us a chance of optimizing the query (using foreign keys rather than joins) 
        ///  
        /// The original property expression that specifies the member and instance
        /// 'Simplified' instance. If the member is a key and the instance is a navigation 
        /// the rewritten expression's instance is a reference navigation rather than the full entity.
        /// true if the property expression was rewritten, in which case  will be non-null,
        /// otherwise false, in which case  will be null.
        private bool TryRewriteKeyPropertyAccess(DbPropertyExpression propertyExpression, out DbExpression rewritten) 
        {
            // if we're accessing a key member of a navigation, collapse the structured instance 
            // to the key reference. 
            if (propertyExpression.Instance.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.Property &&
                Helper.IsEntityType(propertyExpression.Instance.ResultType.EdmType)) 
            {
                EntityType instanceType = (EntityType)propertyExpression.Instance.ResultType.EdmType;
                DbPropertyExpression instanceExpression = (DbPropertyExpression)propertyExpression.Instance;
                if (Helper.IsNavigationProperty(instanceExpression.Property) && 
                    instanceType.KeyMembers.Contains(propertyExpression.Property))
                { 
                    // modify the property expression so that it merely retrieves the reference 
                    // not the entire entity
                    NavigationProperty navigationProperty = (NavigationProperty)instanceExpression.Property; 

                    DbExpression navigationSource = instanceExpression.Instance.GetEntityRef();
                    DbExpression navigationExpression = navigationSource.Navigate(navigationProperty.FromEndMember, navigationProperty.ToEndMember);
                    rewritten = navigationExpression.GetRefKey(); 
                    rewritten = rewritten.Property(propertyExpression.Property.Name);
 
                    return true; 
                }
            } 

            rewritten = null;
            return false;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbPropertyExpression e) 
        { 
            // Only Properties, Relationship End and NavigationProperty members are supported.
            if (BuiltInTypeKind.EdmProperty != e.Property.BuiltInTypeKind && 
                BuiltInTypeKind.AssociationEndMember != e.Property.BuiltInTypeKind &&
                BuiltInTypeKind.NavigationProperty != e.Property.BuiltInTypeKind)
            {
                throw EntityUtil.NotSupported(); 
            }
 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(e.Instance != null, "Static properties are not supported"); 

            Node retNode = null; 
            DbExpression rewritten;
            if (TryRewriteKeyPropertyAccess(e, out rewritten))
            {
                retNode = this.VisitExpr(rewritten); 
            }
            else 
            { 
                Node instance = VisitExpr(e.Instance);
 
                //
                // Retrieving a property from a new instance constructor can be
                // simplified to just the node that provides the corresponding property.
                // For example, Property(Row(A = x, B = y), 'A') => x 
                // All structured types (including association types) are considered.
                // 
                if (e.Instance.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.NewInstance && 
                    Helper.IsStructuralType(e.Instance.ResultType.EdmType))
                { 
                    // Retrieve the 'structural' members of the instance's type.
                    // For Association types this should be only Association End members,
                    // while for Complex, Entity or Row types is should be only Properties.
                    System.Collections.IList propertyOrEndMembers = Helper.GetAllStructuralMembers(e.Instance.ResultType.EdmType); 

                    // Find the position of the member with the same name as the retrieved 
                    // member in the list of structural members. 
                    int memberIdx = -1;
                    for (int idx = 0; idx < propertyOrEndMembers.Count; idx++) 
                    {
                        if (string.Equals(e.Property.Name, ((EdmMember)propertyOrEndMembers[idx]).Name, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                        {
                            memberIdx = idx; 
                            break;
                        } 
                    } 

                    PlanCompiler.Assert(memberIdx > -1, "The specified property was not found"); 

                    // If the member was found, return the corresponding argument value
                    // to the new instance op.
                    retNode = instance.Children[memberIdx]; 

                    // Make sure the argument value has been "cast" to the return type 
                    // of the property, if necessary. 
                    retNode = BuildSoftCast(retNode, e.ResultType);
                } 
                else
                {
                    Op op = _iqtCommand.CreatePropertyOp(e.Property);
 
                    // Make sure that the input has been "cast" to the right type
                    instance = BuildSoftCast(instance, e.Property.DeclaringType); 
                    retNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, instance); 
                }
            } 

            return retNode;
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbComparisonExpression e)
        { 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateComparisonOp(s_opMap[e.ExpressionKind]); 

            Node leftArg = VisitExprAsScalar(e.Left); 
            Node rightArg = VisitExprAsScalar(e.Right);

            TypeUsage commonType = TypeHelpers.GetCommonTypeUsage(e.Left.ResultType, e.Right.ResultType);
 
            // Make sure that the inputs have been cast to the right types
            if (!Command.EqualTypes(e.Left.ResultType, e.Right.ResultType)) 
            { 
                leftArg = BuildSoftCast(leftArg, commonType);
                rightArg = BuildSoftCast(rightArg, commonType); 
            }

            if (TypeSemantics.IsEntityType(commonType) &&
                (e.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.Equals || e.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.NotEquals)) 
            {
                // Entity (in)equality is implemented as ref (in)equality 
                leftArg = BuildEntityRef(leftArg, commonType); 
                rightArg = BuildEntityRef(rightArg, commonType);
            } 

            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, leftArg, rightArg);
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbLikeExpression e)
        { 
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                _iqtCommand.CreateLikeOp(),
                VisitExpr(e.Argument), 
                VisitExpr(e.Pattern),
                VisitExpr(e.Escape)
            );
        } 

        private Node CreateLimitNode(Node inputNode, Node limitNode, bool withTies) 
        { 
            //
            // Limit(Skip(x)) - which becomes ConstrainedSortOp - and Limit(Sort(x)) are special cases 
            //
            Node retNode = null;
            if (OpType.ConstrainedSort == inputNode.Op.OpType &&
                OpType.Null == inputNode.Child2.Op.OpType) 
            {
                // 
                // The input was a DbSkipExpression which is now represented 
                // as a ConstrainedSortOp with a NullOp Limit. The Limit from
                // this DbLimitExpression can be merged into the input ConstrainedSortOp 
                // rather than creating a new ConstrainedSortOp.
                //
                inputNode.Child2 = limitNode;
 
                // If this DbLimitExpression specifies WithTies, the input ConstrainedSortOp must be
                // updated to reflect this (DbSkipExpression always produces a ConstrainedSortOp with 
                // WithTies equal to false). 
                if (withTies)
                { 
                    ((ConstrainedSortOp)inputNode.Op).WithTies = true;
                }

                retNode = inputNode; 
            }
            else if (OpType.Sort == inputNode.Op.OpType) 
            { 
                //
                // This DbLimitExpression is applying a limit to a DbSortExpression. 
                // The two expressions can be merged into a single ConstrainedSortOp
                // rather than creating a new ConstrainedSortOp over the input SortOp.
                //
                // The new ConstrainedSortOp has the same SortKeys as the input SortOp. 
                // The returned Node will have the following children:
                // - The input to the Sort 
                // - A NullOp to indicate no Skip operation is specified 
                // - The limit Node from the DbLimitExpression
                // 
                retNode =
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                        _iqtCommand.CreateConstrainedSortOp(((SortOp)inputNode.Op).Keys, withTies),
                        inputNode.Child0, 
                        _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateNullOp(_iqtCommand.IntegerType)),
                        limitNode 
                    ); 
            }
            else 
            {
                //
                // The input to the Limit is neither ConstrainedSortOp or SortOp.
                // A new ConstrainedSortOp must be created with an empty list of keys 
                // and the following children:
                // - The input to the DbLimitExpression 
                // - a NullOp to indicate that no Skip operation is specified 
                // - The limit Node from the DbLimitExpression
                // 
                retNode =
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                        _iqtCommand.CreateConstrainedSortOp(new List(), withTies),
                        inputNode, 
                        _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateNullOp(_iqtCommand.IntegerType)),
                        limitNode 
                    ); 
            }
 
            return retNode;
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbLimitExpression expression) 
        {
            // 
            // Visit the Argument and retrieve its Var 
            //
            Node inputNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(expression.Argument)); 
            Var inputVar = _varMap[inputNode];

            //
            // Visit the Limit ensuring that it is a scalar 
            //
            Node limitNode = VisitExprAsScalar(expression.Limit); 
 
            Node retNode;
            if(OpType.Project == inputNode.Op.OpType) 
            {
                //
                // If the input to the DbLimitExpression is a projection, then apply the Limit operation to the
                // input to the ProjectOp instead. This allows  Limit(Project(Skip(x))) and Limit(Project(Sort(x))) 
                // to be treated in the same way as Limit(Skip(x)) and Limit(Sort(x)).
                // Note that even if the input to the projection is not a ConstrainedSortOp or SortOp, the 
                // Limit operation is still pushed under the Project. 
                //
                inputNode.Child0 = CreateLimitNode(inputNode.Child0, limitNode, expression.WithTies); 
                retNode = inputNode;
            }
            else
            { 
                //
                // Otherwise, apply the Limit operation directly to the input. 
                // 
                retNode = CreateLimitNode(inputNode, limitNode, expression.WithTies);
            } 

            //
            // The output Var of the resulting Node is the same as the output Var of its input Node.
            // If the input node is being returned (either because the Limit was pushed under a Project 
            // or because the input was a ConstrainedSortOp that was simply updated with the Limit value)
            // then the Node -> Var map does not need to be updated. 
            // 
            if(!object.ReferenceEquals(retNode, inputNode))
            { 
                _varMap[retNode] = inputVar;
            }

            return retNode; 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbIsNullExpression e) 
        {
            // SQLBUDT #484294: We need to recognize and simplify IsNull - IsNull and IsNull - Not - IsNull 
            // This is the latest point where such patterns can be easily recognized.
            // After this the input predicate would get translated into a case statement.
            bool isAlwaysFalse = false;  //true if IsNull - IsNull and IsNull - Not - IsNull is recognized
 
            if (e.Argument.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.IsNull)
            { 
                isAlwaysFalse = true; 
            }
            else if (e.Argument.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.Not) 
            {
                DbNotExpression notExpression = (DbNotExpression)e.Argument;
                if (notExpression.Argument.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.IsNull)
                { 
                    isAlwaysFalse = true;
                } 
            } 

            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.IsNull); 

            //If we have recognized that the result is always false, return IsNull(true), to still have predicate as output.
            //This gets further simplified by transformation rules.
            if (isAlwaysFalse) 
            {
                return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateInternalConstantOp(_iqtCommand.BooleanType, true))); 
            } 

            Node argNode = VisitExprAsScalar(e.Argument); 
            if (TypeSemantics.IsEntityType(e.Argument.ResultType))
            {
                argNode = BuildEntityRef(argNode, e.Argument.ResultType);
            } 

            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, argNode); 
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbArithmeticExpression e) 
        {
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateArithmeticOp(s_opMap[e.ExpressionKind], e.ResultType);
            // Make sure that the inputs have been "cast" to the result type
            // Assumption: The input type must be the same as the result type. Is this always true? 
            List children = new List();
            foreach (DbExpression arg in e.Arguments) 
            { 
                Node child = VisitExprAsScalar(arg);
                children.Add(BuildSoftCast(child, e.ResultType)); 
            }
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, children);
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbAndExpression e)
        { 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.And); 
            return VisitBinary(e, op, VisitExprAsPredicate);
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbOrExpression e)
        {
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Or); 
            return VisitBinary(e, op, VisitExprAsPredicate);
        } 
 
        public override Node Visit(DbNotExpression e)
        { 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Not);
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsPredicate);
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbDistinctExpression e)
        { 
            Node inputSetNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(e.Argument)); 
            Var inputVar = _varMap[inputSetNode];
            Op distinctOp = _iqtCommand.CreateDistinctOp(inputVar); 
            Node distinctNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(distinctOp, inputSetNode);
            _varMap[distinctNode] = inputVar;
            return distinctNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbElementExpression e) 
        { 
            Op elementOp = _iqtCommand.CreateElementOp(e.ResultType);
            Node inputSetNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(e.Argument)); 

            // Add a soft cast if needed
            inputSetNode = BuildSoftCast(inputSetNode, TypeHelpers.CreateCollectionTypeUsage(e.ResultType));
 
            Var inputVar = _varMap[inputSetNode];
 
            // 
            // Add a singleRowOp enforcer, as we are not guaranteed that the input
            // collection produces at most one row 
            //
            inputSetNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateSingleRowOp(), inputSetNode);
            _varMap[inputSetNode] = inputVar;
 
            // add a fake projectNode
            inputSetNode = CapWithProject(inputSetNode); 
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(elementOp, inputSetNode); 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbIsEmptyExpression e)
        {
            //
            // IsEmpty(input set) --> Not(Exists(input set)) 
            //
            Op existsOp = _iqtCommand.CreateExistsOp(); 
            Node inputSetNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(e.Argument)); 

            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Not),
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(existsOp, inputSetNode)
            );
        } 

        ///  
        /// Encapsulates the logic required to convert a SetOp (Except, Intersect, UnionAll) expression 
        /// into an IQT Node/Op pair.
        ///  
        /// The DbExceptExpression, DbIntersectExpression or DbUnionAllExpression to convert, as an instance of DbBinaryExpression
        /// A new IQT Node that references the ExceptOp, IntersectOp or UnionAllOp created based on the expression
        private Node VisitSetOpExpression(DbBinaryExpression expression)
        { 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(DbExpressionKind.Except == expression.ExpressionKind ||
                         DbExpressionKind.Intersect == expression.ExpressionKind || 
                         DbExpressionKind.UnionAll == expression.ExpressionKind, 
                         "Non-SetOp DbExpression used as argument to VisitSetOpExpression");
 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(expression.ResultType), "SetOp DbExpression does not have collection result type?");

            // Visit the left and right collection arguments
            Node leftNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(expression.Left)); 
            Node rightNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(expression.Right));
 
            // 
            // Now the hard part. "Normalize" the left and right sides to
            // match the result type. 
            //
            leftNode = BuildSoftCast(leftNode, expression.ResultType);
            rightNode = BuildSoftCast(rightNode, expression.ResultType);
 
            // The SetOp produces a single Var of the same type as the element type of the expression's collection result type
            Var outputVar = _iqtCommand.CreateSetOpVar(TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(expression.ResultType).TypeUsage); 
 
            // Create VarMaps for the left and right arguments that map the output Var to the Var produced by the corresponding argument
            VarMap leftMap = new VarMap(); 
            leftMap.Add(outputVar, _varMap[leftNode]);

            VarMap rightMap = new VarMap();
            rightMap.Add(outputVar, _varMap[rightNode]); 

            // Create a SetOp that corresponds to the operation specified by the expression's DbExpressionKind 
            Op setOp = null; 
            switch(expression.ExpressionKind)
            { 
                case DbExpressionKind.Except:
                    setOp = _iqtCommand.CreateExceptOp(leftMap, rightMap);
                    break;
 
                case DbExpressionKind.Intersect:
                    setOp = _iqtCommand.CreateIntersectOp(leftMap, rightMap); 
                    break; 

                case DbExpressionKind.UnionAll: 
                    setOp = _iqtCommand.CreateUnionAllOp(leftMap, rightMap);
                    break;
            }
 
            // Create a new Node that references the SetOp
            Node setOpNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(setOp, leftNode, rightNode); 
 
            // Update the Node => Var map with an entry that maps the new Node to the output Var
            _varMap[setOpNode] = outputVar; 

            // Return the newly created SetOp Node
            return setOpNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbUnionAllExpression e) 
        { 
            return VisitSetOpExpression(e);
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbIntersectExpression e)
        {
            return VisitSetOpExpression(e); 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbExceptExpression e) 
        {
            return VisitSetOpExpression(e); 
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbTreatExpression e)
        { 
            Op op;
            if (_fakeTreats.Contains(e)) 
            { 
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateFakeTreatOp(e.ResultType);
            } 
            else
            {
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateTreatOp(e.ResultType);
            } 
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar);
        } 
 
        public override Node Visit(DbIsOfExpression e)
        { 
            Op op = null;
            if (DbExpressionKind.IsOfOnly == e.ExpressionKind)
            {
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateIsOfOnlyOp(e.OfType); 
            }
            else 
            { 
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateIsOfOp(e.OfType);
            } 
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar);
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbCastExpression e) 
        {
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateCastOp(e.ResultType); 
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar); 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbCaseExpression e)
        {
            List childNodes = new List();
            for (int idx = 0; idx < e.When.Count; idx++) 
            {
                childNodes.Add(VisitExprAsPredicate(e.When[idx])); 
                // Make sure that each then-clause is the same type as the result 
                childNodes.Add(BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(e.Then[idx]), e.ResultType));
            } 

            // Make sure that the else-clause is the same type as the result
            childNodes.Add(BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(e.Else), e.ResultType));
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateCaseOp(e.ResultType), childNodes); 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// Represents one or more type filters that should be AND'd together to produce an aggregate IsOf filter expression
        ///  
        private class IsOfFilter
        {
            /// 
            /// The type that elements of the filtered input set must be to satisfy this IsOf filter 
            /// 
            private readonly TypeUsage requiredType; 
 
            /// 
            /// Indicates whether elements of the filtered input set may be of a subtype (IsOf) of the required type 
            /// and still satisfy the IsOfFilter, or must be exactly of the required type (IsOfOnly) to do so.
            /// 
            private readonly bool isExact;
 
            /// 
            /// The next IsOfFilter in the AND chain. 
            ///  
            private IsOfFilter next;
 
            internal IsOfFilter(DbIsOfExpression template)
            {
                this.requiredType = template.OfType;
                this.isExact = (template.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.IsOfOnly); 
            }
 
            internal IsOfFilter(DbOfTypeExpression template) 
            {
                this.requiredType = template.OfType; 
                this.isExact = (template.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.OfTypeOnly);
            }

            private IsOfFilter(TypeUsage required, bool exact) 
            {
                this.requiredType = required; 
                this.isExact = exact; 
            }
 
            private IsOfFilter Merge(TypeUsage otherRequiredType, bool otherIsExact)
            {
                // Can the two type filters be merged? In general, a more specific
                // type filter can replace a less specific type filter. 
                IsOfFilter result;
                bool typesEqual = this.requiredType.EdmEquals(otherRequiredType); 
 
                // The simplest case - the filters are equivalent
                if (typesEqual && this.isExact == otherIsExact) 
                {
                    result = this;
                }
 
                // Next simplest - two IsOfOnly filters can never be merged if the types are different
                // (and if the types were equal the above condition would have been satisfied). 
                // SC_ 
                else if (this.isExact && otherIsExact)
                { 
                    result = new IsOfFilter(otherRequiredType, otherIsExact);
                    result.next = this;
                }
 
                // Two IsOf filters can potentially be adjusted - the more specific type filter should be kept, if present
                else if (!this.isExact && !otherIsExact) 
                { 
                    // At this point the types cannot be equal. If one filter specifies a type that is a subtype of the other,
                    // then the subtype filter is the one that should remain 
                    if (otherRequiredType.IsSubtypeOf(this.requiredType))
                    {
                        result = new IsOfFilter(otherRequiredType, false);
                        result.next = this.next; 
                    }
                    else if (this.requiredType.IsSubtypeOf(otherRequiredType)) 
                    { 
                        result = this;
                    } 
                    else
                    {
                        // The types are not related and the filters cannot be merged
                        // Note that this case may not be possible since IsOf and OfType 
                        // both require an argument with a compatible type to the IsOf type.
                        result = new IsOfFilter(otherRequiredType, otherIsExact); 
                        result.next = this; 
                    }
                } 

                // One filter is an IsOf filter while the other is an IsOfOnly filter
                else
                { 
                    // For IsOf(T) AND IsOfOnly(T), the IsOf filter can be dropped
                    if (typesEqual) 
                    { 
                        result = new IsOfFilter(otherRequiredType, true);
                        result.next = this.next; 
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // Decide which is the 'IsOfOnly' type and which is the 'IsOf' type 
                        TypeUsage isOfOnlyType = (this.isExact ? this.requiredType : otherRequiredType);
                        TypeUsage isOfType = (this.isExact ? otherRequiredType : this.requiredType); 
 
                        // IsOf(Super) && IsOfOnly(Sub) => IsOfOnly(Sub)
                        // In all other cases, both filters remain - even though the IsOfOnly(Super) and IsOf(Sub) is obviously a contradiction. 
                        // SC_
                        if (isOfOnlyType.IsSubtypeOf(isOfType))
                        {
                            if (object.ReferenceEquals(isOfOnlyType, this.requiredType) && this.isExact) 
                            {
                                result = this; 
                            } 
                            else
                            { 
                                result = new IsOfFilter(isOfOnlyType, true);
                                result.next = this.next;
                            }
                        } 
                        else
                        { 
                            result = new IsOfFilter(otherRequiredType, otherIsExact); 
                            result.next = this;
                        } 
                    }
                }

                return result; 
            }
 
            internal IsOfFilter Merge(DbIsOfExpression other) 
            {
                return Merge(other.OfType, (other.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.IsOfOnly)); 
            }

            internal IsOfFilter Merge(DbOfTypeExpression other)
            { 
                return Merge(other.OfType, (other.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.OfTypeOnly));
            } 
 
            internal IEnumerable> ToEnumerable()
            { 
                IsOfFilter currentFilter = this;
                while (currentFilter != null)
                {
                    yield return new KeyValuePair(currentFilter.requiredType, currentFilter.isExact); 
                    currentFilter = currentFilter.next;
                } 
            } 
        }
 
        private DbFilterExpression CreateIsOfFilterExpression(DbExpression input, IsOfFilter typeFilter)
        {
            // Create a filter expression based on the IsOf/IsOfOnly operations specified by typeFilter
            DbExpressionBinding resultBinding = input.Bind(); 
            List predicates = new List(
                typeFilter.ToEnumerable().Select(tf => tf.Value ? resultBinding.Variable.IsOfOnly(tf.Key) : resultBinding.Variable.IsOf(tf.Key)).ToList() 
            ); 
            DbExpression predicate = Helpers.BuildBalancedTreeInPlace(predicates, (left, right) => left.And(right));
            DbFilterExpression result = resultBinding.Filter(predicate); 

            // Track the fact that this IsOfFilter was created by the ITreeGenerator itself and should
            // simply be converted to an ITree Node when it is encountered again by the visitor pass.
            _processedIsOfFilters.Add(result); 
            return result;
        } 
 
        private bool IsIsOfFilter(DbFilterExpression filter)
        { 
            if(filter.Predicate.ExpressionKind != DbExpressionKind.IsOf &&
               filter.Predicate.ExpressionKind != DbExpressionKind.IsOfOnly)
            {
                return false; 
            }
 
            DbExpression isOfArgument = ((DbIsOfExpression)filter.Predicate).Argument; 
            return (isOfArgument.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.VariableReference &&
                   ((DbVariableReferenceExpression)isOfArgument).VariableName == filter.Input.VariableName); 
        }

        private DbExpression ApplyIsOfFilter(DbExpression current, IsOfFilter typeFilter)
        { 
            // An IsOf filter can be safely pushed down through the following expressions:
            // 
            // Distinct 
            // Filter - may be merged if the Filter is also an OfType filter
            // OfType - converted to Project(Filter(input, IsOf(T)), TreatAs(T)) and the Filter may be merged 
            // Project - only for identity project
            //           SC_

 

 
 

 

            DbExpression result;
            switch(current.ExpressionKind)
            { 
                case DbExpressionKind.Distinct:
                    { 
                        result = ApplyIsOfFilter(((DbDistinctExpression)current).Argument, typeFilter).Distinct(); 
                    }
                    break; 

                case DbExpressionKind.Filter:
                    {
                        DbFilterExpression filter = (DbFilterExpression)current; 
                        if (IsIsOfFilter(filter))
                        { 
                            // If this is an IsOf filter, examine the interaction with the current filter we are trying to apply 
                            DbIsOfExpression isOfExp = (DbIsOfExpression)filter.Predicate;
                            typeFilter = typeFilter.Merge(isOfExp); 
                            result = ApplyIsOfFilter(filter.Input.Expression, typeFilter);
                        }
                        else
                        { 
                            // Otherwise, push the current IsOf filter under this filter
                            DbExpression rewritten = ApplyIsOfFilter(filter.Input.Expression, typeFilter); 
                            result = rewritten.BindAs(filter.Input.VariableName).Filter(filter.Predicate); 
                        }
                    } 
                    break;

                case DbExpressionKind.OfType:
                case DbExpressionKind.OfTypeOnly: 
                    {
                        // Examine the interaction of this nested OfType filter with the OfType filter we are trying to apply 
                        // and construct an aggregated type filter (where possible) 
                        DbOfTypeExpression ofTypeExp = (DbOfTypeExpression)current;
                        typeFilter = typeFilter.Merge(ofTypeExp); 
                        DbExpression rewrittenIsOf = ApplyIsOfFilter(ofTypeExp.Argument, typeFilter);
                        DbExpressionBinding treatBinding = rewrittenIsOf.Bind();
                        DbTreatExpression treatProjection = treatBinding.Variable.TreatAs(ofTypeExp.OfType);
                        _fakeTreats.Add(treatProjection); 
                        result = treatBinding.Project(treatProjection);
                    } 
                    break; 

                case DbExpressionKind.Project: 
                    {
                        DbProjectExpression project = (DbProjectExpression)current;
                        if(project.Projection.ExpressionKind == DbExpressionKind.VariableReference &&
                           ((DbVariableReferenceExpression)project.Projection).VariableName == project.Input.VariableName) 
                        {
                            // If this is an identity-project, remove it by visiting the input expression 
                            result = ApplyIsOfFilter(project.Input.Expression, typeFilter); 
                        }
                        else 
                        {
                            // Otherwise, the projection is opaque to the IsOf rewrite
                            result = CreateIsOfFilterExpression(current, typeFilter);
                        } 
                    }
                    break; 
 
                case DbExpressionKind.Sort:
                    { 
                        // The IsOf filter is applied to the Sort input, then the sort keys are reapplied to create a new Sort expression.
                        DbSortExpression sort = (DbSortExpression)current;
                        DbExpression sortInput = ApplyIsOfFilter(sort.Input.Expression, typeFilter);
                        result = sortInput.BindAs(sort.Input.VariableName).Sort(sort.SortOrder); 
                    }
                    break; 
 
                default:
                    { 
                        // This is not a recognized case, so simply apply the type filter to the expression.
                        result = CreateIsOfFilterExpression(current, typeFilter);
                    }
                    break; 
            }
            return result; 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Build the equivalent of an OfTypeExpression over the input (ie) produce the set of values from the
        /// input that are of the desired type (exactly of the desired type, if the "includeSubtypes" parameter is false).
        ///
        /// Further more, "update" the result element type to be the desired type. 
        ///
        /// We accomplish this by first building a FilterOp with an IsOf (or an IsOfOnly) predicate for the desired 
        /// type. We then build out a ProjectOp over the FilterOp, where we introduce a "Fake" TreatOp over the input 
        /// element to cast it to the right type. The "Fake" TreatOp is only there for "compile-time" typing reasons,
        /// and will be ignored in the rest of the plan compiler 
        /// 
        // the input collection
        // the single Var produced by the input collection
        // the desired element type  
        // do we include subtypes of the desired element type
        // the result subtree 
        // the single Var produced by the result subtree 
        public override Node Visit(DbOfTypeExpression e)
        { 
            //
            // The argument to OfType must be a collection
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(e.Argument.ResultType), "Non-Collection Type Argument in DbOfTypeExpression"); 

            DbExpression rewrittenIsOfFilter = ApplyIsOfFilter(e.Argument, new IsOfFilter(e)); 
 
            //
            // Visit the collection argument and ensure that it is a RelOp suitable for subsequent use in the Filter/Project used to convert OfType. 
            //
            Node inputNode = EnsureRelOp(VisitExpr(rewrittenIsOfFilter));

            // 
            // Retrieve the Var produced by the RelOp input.
            // 
            Var inputVar = _varMap[inputNode]; 

            // 
            // Build the Treat part of the OfType expression tree - note that this is a 'fake'
            // Treat because the underlying IsOf filter makes it unnecessary (as far as the
            // plan compiler is concerned).
            // 
            Var resultVar;
            Node resultNode = _iqtCommand.BuildFakeTreatProject(inputNode, inputVar, e.OfType, out resultVar); 
 
            //
            // Add the node-var mapping, and return 
            //
            _varMap[resultNode] = resultVar;
            return resultNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbNewInstanceExpression e) 
        { 
            Op newInstOp = null;
            List relPropertyExprs = null; 
            if (TypeSemantics.IsCollectionType(e.ResultType))
            {
                newInstOp = _iqtCommand.CreateNewMultisetOp(e.ResultType);
            } 
            else if (TypeSemantics.IsRowType(e.ResultType))
            { 
                newInstOp = _iqtCommand.CreateNewRecordOp(e.ResultType); 
            }
            else if (TypeSemantics.IsEntityType(e.ResultType)) 
            {
                List relPropertyList = new List();
                relPropertyExprs = new List();
                if (e.HasRelatedEntityReferences) 
                {
                    foreach (DbRelatedEntityRef targetRef in e.RelatedEntityReferences) 
                    { 
                        RelProperty relProperty = new RelProperty((RelationshipType)targetRef.TargetEnd.DeclaringType, targetRef.SourceEnd, targetRef.TargetEnd);
                        relPropertyList.Add(relProperty); 
                        Node relPropertyNode = VisitExprAsScalar(targetRef.TargetEntityReference);
                        relPropertyExprs.Add(relPropertyNode);
                    }
                } 
                newInstOp = _iqtCommand.CreateNewEntityOp(e.ResultType, relPropertyList);
            } 
            else 
            {
                newInstOp = _iqtCommand.CreateNewInstanceOp(e.ResultType); 
            }

            //
            // Build up the list of arguments. Make sure that they match 
            // the expected types (and add "soft" casts, if needed)
            // 
            List newArgs = new List(); 
            if (TypeSemantics.IsStructuralType(e.ResultType))
            { 
                StructuralType resultType = TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(e.ResultType);
                int i = 0;
                foreach (EdmMember m in TypeHelpers.GetAllStructuralMembers(resultType))
                { 
                    Node newArg = BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(e.Arguments[i]), Helper.GetModelTypeUsage(m));
                    newArgs.Add(newArg); 
                    i++; 
                }
            } 
            else
            {
                CollectionType resultType = TypeHelpers.GetEdmType(e.ResultType);
                TypeUsage elementTypeUsage = resultType.TypeUsage; 
                foreach (DbExpression arg in e.Arguments)
                { 
                    Node newArg = BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(arg), elementTypeUsage); 
                    newArgs.Add(newArg);
                } 
            }

            if (relPropertyExprs != null)
            { 
                newArgs.AddRange(relPropertyExprs);
            } 
            Node node = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(newInstOp, newArgs); 

            return node; 
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbRefExpression e)
        { 
            // SQLBUDT #502617: Creating a collection of refs throws an Assert
            // A SoftCastOp may be required if the argument to the RefExpression is only promotable 
            // to the row type produced from the key properties of the referenced Entity type. Since 
            // this row type is not actually represented anywhere in the tree it must be built here in
            // order to determine whether or not the SoftCastOp should be applied. 
            //
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateRefOp(e.EntitySet, e.ResultType);
            Node newArg = BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(e.Argument), TypeHelpers.CreateKeyRowType(e.EntitySet.ElementType));
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, newArg); 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbRelationshipNavigationExpression e) 
        {
            RelProperty relProperty = new RelProperty(e.Relationship, e.NavigateFrom, e.NavigateTo); 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateNavigateOp(e.ResultType, relProperty);
            Node arg = VisitExprAsScalar(e.NavigationSource);
            return _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op, arg);
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbDerefExpression e) 
        { 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateDerefOp(e.ResultType);
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar); 
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbRefKeyExpression e)
        { 
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateGetRefKeyOp(e.ResultType);
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar); 
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbEntityRefExpression e) 
        {
            Op op = _iqtCommand.CreateGetEntityRefOp(e.ResultType);
            return VisitUnary(e, op, VisitExprAsScalar);
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbScanExpression e) 
        { 
            // Create a new table definition
            TableMD tableMetadata = Command.CreateTableDefinition(e.Target); 

            // Create a scan table operator
            ScanTableOp op = _iqtCommand.CreateScanTableOp(tableMetadata);
 
            // Map the ScanTableOp to the ColumnVar of the Table's single column of the Extent's element type
            Node node = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(op); 
            Var singleColumn = op.Table.Columns[0]; 
            _varMap[node] = singleColumn;
 
            return node;
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbFilterExpression e) 
        {
            if (!IsIsOfFilter(e) || _processedIsOfFilters.Contains(e)) 
            { 
                //
                // Visit the Predicate with the Input binding's variable in scope 
                //
                Node inputSetNode = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Input);
                Node predicateNode = VisitExprAsPredicate(e.Predicate);
                ExitExpressionBinding(); 

                Op filtOp = _iqtCommand.CreateFilterOp(); 
 
                // Update the Node --> Var mapping. Filter maps to the same Var as its input.
                Node filtNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(filtOp, inputSetNode, predicateNode); 
                _varMap[filtNode] = _varMap[inputSetNode];

                return filtNode;
            } 
            else
            { 
                DbIsOfExpression isOfPredicate = (DbIsOfExpression)e.Predicate; 
                DbExpression processed = ApplyIsOfFilter(e.Input.Expression, new IsOfFilter(isOfPredicate));
                return this.VisitExpr(processed); 
            }
        }

        public override Node Visit(DbProjectExpression e) 
        {
            // check if this is the discriminated projection for a query mapping view 
            if (e == this._discriminatedViewTopProject) 
            {
                return GenerateDiscriminatedProject(e); 
            }
            else
            {
                return GenerateStandardProject(e); 
            }
        } 
 
        private Node GenerateDiscriminatedProject(DbProjectExpression e)
        { 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(null != _discriminatedViewTopProject, "if a project matches the pattern, there must be a corresponding discriminator map");

            // convert the input to the top level projection
            Node source = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Input); 

            List relPropertyList = new List(); 
            List relPropertyExprs = new List(); 
            foreach (KeyValuePair kv in _discriminatorMap.RelPropertyMap)
            { 
                relPropertyList.Add(kv.Key);
                relPropertyExprs.Add(VisitExprAsScalar(kv.Value));
            }
 
            // construct a DiscriminatedNewInstanceOp
            DiscriminatedNewEntityOp newInstOp = _iqtCommand.CreateDiscriminatedNewEntityOp(e.Projection.ResultType, 
                new ExplicitDiscriminatorMap(_discriminatorMap), _discriminatorMap.EntitySet, relPropertyList); 

            // args include all projected properties and discriminator and the relProperties 
            List newArgs = new List(_discriminatorMap.PropertyMap.Count + 1);
            newArgs.Add(CreateNewInstanceArgument(_discriminatorMap.Discriminator.Property, _discriminatorMap.Discriminator));
            foreach (var propertyMap in _discriminatorMap.PropertyMap)
            { 
                DbExpression value = propertyMap.Value;
                EdmProperty property = propertyMap.Key; 
                Node newArg = CreateNewInstanceArgument(property, value); 
                newArgs.Add(newArg);
            } 
            newArgs.AddRange(relPropertyExprs);

            Node newInstNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(newInstOp, newArgs);
            ExitExpressionBinding(); 

            Var sourceVar; 
            Node varDefListNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(newInstNode, out sourceVar); 

            ProjectOp projOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(sourceVar); 
            Node projNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projOp, source, varDefListNode);
            _varMap[projNode] = sourceVar;

            return projNode; 
        }
 
        private Node CreateNewInstanceArgument(EdmMember property, DbExpression value) 
        {
            Node newArg = BuildSoftCast(VisitExprAsScalar(value), Helper.GetModelTypeUsage(property)); 
            return newArg;
        }

        private Node GenerateStandardProject(DbProjectExpression e) 
        {
            Node projectedSetNode = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Input); 
            Node projectionNode = VisitExprAsScalar(e.Projection); 
            ExitExpressionBinding();
 
            Var projectionVar;
            Node varDefListNode = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListNode(projectionNode, out projectionVar);

            ProjectOp projOp = _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(projectionVar); 
            Node projNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(projOp, projectedSetNode, varDefListNode);
            _varMap[projNode] = projectionVar; 
 
            return projNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbCrossJoinExpression e)
        {
            return VisitJoin(e, e.Inputs, null); 
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbJoinExpression e) 
        {
            List inputs = new List(); 
            inputs.Add(e.Left);
            inputs.Add(e.Right);

            return VisitJoin(e, inputs, e.JoinCondition); 
        }
 
        private Node VisitJoin(DbExpression e, IList inputs, DbExpression joinCond) 
        {
            // 
            // Assert that the JoinType is covered. If JoinTypes are added to CQT then the
            // switch statement that constructs the JoinOp must be updated, along with this assert.
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(DbExpressionKind.CrossJoin == e.ExpressionKind || 
                            DbExpressionKind.InnerJoin == e.ExpressionKind ||
                            DbExpressionKind.LeftOuterJoin == e.ExpressionKind || 
                            DbExpressionKind.FullOuterJoin == e.ExpressionKind, 
                            "Unrecognized JoinType specified in DbJoinExpression");
 
#if DEBUG
            //
            // Assert that the DbJoinExpression is producing a collection result with a record element type.
            // !!! IsCollectionOfRecord() is defined only in DEBUG  !!! 
            PlanCompiler.Assert(IsCollectionOfRecord(e.ResultType), "Invalid Type returned by DbJoinExpression");
#endif 
 
            //
            // Bring the variables for the Join inputs into scope, track their nodes and vars, and visit the Join condition, if present. 
            //
            List inputNodes = new List();
            List inputVars = new List();
 
            for(int idx = 0; idx < inputs.Count; idx++)
            { 
                Node inputNode = EnterExpressionBinding(inputs[idx]); 
                inputNodes.Add(inputNode);
                inputVars.Add(_varMap[inputNode]); 
            }

            Node joinCondNode = VisitExprAsPredicate(joinCond);
 
            //
            // Remove the input variables from scope after visiting the Join condition. 
            // 
            for (int scopeCount = 0; scopeCount < inputNodes.Count; scopeCount++)
            { 
                ExitExpressionBinding();
            }

            // 
            // Create an appropriate JoinOp based on the JoinType specified in the DbJoinExpression.
            // 
            JoinBaseOp joinOp = null; 
            switch (e.ExpressionKind)
            { 
                case DbExpressionKind.CrossJoin:
                    {
                        joinOp = _iqtCommand.CreateCrossJoinOp();
                    } 
                    break;
 
                case DbExpressionKind.InnerJoin: 
                    {
                        joinOp = _iqtCommand.CreateInnerJoinOp(); 
                    }
                    break;

                case DbExpressionKind.LeftOuterJoin: 
                    {
                        joinOp = _iqtCommand.CreateLeftOuterJoinOp(); 
                    } 
                    break;
 
                case DbExpressionKind.FullOuterJoin:
                    {
                        joinOp = _iqtCommand.CreateFullOuterJoinOp();
                    } 
                    break;
            } 
 
            //
            // Assert that a JoinOp was produced. This check is again in case a new JoinType is introduced to CQT and this method is not updated. 
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(joinOp != null, "Unrecognized JoinOp specified in DbJoinExpression, no JoinOp was produced");

            // 
            // If the Join condition was present then add its converted form to the list of child nodes for the new Join node.
            // 
            if (e.ExpressionKind != DbExpressionKind.CrossJoin) 
            {
                PlanCompiler.Assert(joinCondNode != null, "Non CrossJoinOps must specify a join condition"); 
                inputNodes.Add(joinCondNode);
            }

            // 
            // Create and return a new projection that unifies the multiple vars produced by the Join columns into a single record constructor.
            // 
            return ProjectNewRecord( 
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(joinOp, inputNodes),
                ExtractElementRowType(e.ResultType), 
                inputVars
            );
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbApplyExpression e)
        { 
#if DEBUG 
            //
            // Assert that the DbJoinExpression is producing a collection result with a record element type. 
            // !!! IsCollectionOfRecord() is defined only in DEBUG  !!!
            PlanCompiler.Assert(IsCollectionOfRecord(e.ResultType), "Invalid Type returned by DbApplyExpression");
#endif
 
            //
            // Bring the Input set's variable into scope 
            // 
            Node inputNode = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Input);
 
            //
            // Visit the Apply expression with the Input's variable in scope.
            // This is done via EnterExpressionBinding, which is allowable only because
            // it will only bring the Apply variable into scope *after* visiting the Apply expression 
            // (which means that the Apply expression cannot validly reference its own binding variable)
            // 
            Node applyNode = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Apply); 

            // 
            // Remove the Apply and Input variables from scope
            //
            ExitExpressionBinding(); // for the Apply
            ExitExpressionBinding(); // for the Input 

            // 
            // The ApplyType should only be either CrossApply or OuterApply. 
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(DbExpressionKind.CrossApply == e.ExpressionKind || DbExpressionKind.OuterApply == e.ExpressionKind, "Unrecognized DbExpressionKind specified in DbApplyExpression"); 

            //
            // Create a new Node with the correct ApplyOp as its Op and the input and apply nodes as its child nodes.
            // 
            ApplyBaseOp applyOp = null;
            if (DbExpressionKind.CrossApply == e.ExpressionKind) 
            { 
                applyOp = _iqtCommand.CreateCrossApplyOp();
            } 
            else
            {
                applyOp = _iqtCommand.CreateOuterApplyOp();
            } 

            Node retNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(applyOp, inputNode, applyNode); 
 
            //
            // Create and return a new projection that unifies the vars produced by the input and apply columns into a single record constructor. 
            //
            return ProjectNewRecord(
                retNode,
                ExtractElementRowType(e.ResultType), 
                new Var[] { _varMap[inputNode], _varMap[applyNode] }
            ); 
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbGroupByExpression e) 
        {
#if DEBUG
            // !!! IsCollectionOfRecord() is defined only in DEBUG  !!!
            PlanCompiler.Assert(IsCollectionOfRecord(e.ResultType), "DbGroupByExpression has invalid result Type (not record collection)"); 
#endif
 
            // 
            // Process the input and the keys
            // 
            VarVec keyVarSet = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec();
            VarVec outputVarSet = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec();
            Node inputNode;
            List keyVarDefNodes; 
            ExpressionBindingScope scope;
            ExtractKeys(e, keyVarSet, outputVarSet, out inputNode, out keyVarDefNodes, out scope); 
 
            // Get the index of the group aggregate if any
            int groupAggregateIndex = -1; 
            for (int i = 0; i < e.Aggregates.Count; i++)
            {
                if (e.Aggregates[i].GetType() == typeof(DbGroupAggregate))
                { 
                    groupAggregateIndex = i;
                    break; 
                } 
            }
 
            //
            //If there is a group aggregate, create a copy of the input
            //
            Node copyOfInput = null; 
            List copyOfKeyVarDefNodes = null;
            VarVec copyOutputVarSet = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec(); 
            VarVec copyKeyVarSet = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec(); 
            if (groupAggregateIndex >= 0)
            { 
                ExpressionBindingScope copyOfScope; //not needed
                ExtractKeys(e, copyKeyVarSet, copyOutputVarSet, out copyOfInput, out copyOfKeyVarDefNodes, out copyOfScope);
            }
 
            //
            // Bring the Input variable from the DbGroupByExpression into scope 
            // 
            scope = new ExpressionBindingScope(_iqtCommand, e.Input.GroupVariableName, scope.ScopeVar);
            _varScopes.Push(scope); 

            //
            // Process the Aggregates: For each DbAggregate, produce the corresponding IQT conversion depending on whether the DbAggregate is a DbFunctionAggregate or DbGroupAggregate.
            // The converted Node is then used as the child node of a VarDefOp Node that is added to a list of Aggregate VarDefs or Group Aggregate VarDefs correspondingly. 
            // The Var defined by the converted DbAggregate is added only to the overall list of Vars produced by the GroupBy (not the list of Keys).
            // 
            List aggVarDefNodes = new List(); 
            Node groupAggDefNode = null;
            for(int idx = 0; idx < e.Aggregates.Count; idx++) 
            {
                DbAggregate agg = e.Aggregates[idx];
                Var aggVar;
 
                //
                // Produce the converted form of the Arguments to the aggregate 
                // 
                IList argNodes = VisitExprAsScalar(agg.Arguments);
 
                //
                // Handle if it is DbFunctionAggregate
                //
                if (idx != groupAggregateIndex) 
                {
                    DbFunctionAggregate funcAgg = agg as DbFunctionAggregate; 
                    PlanCompiler.Assert(funcAgg != null, "Unrecognized DbAggregate used in DbGroupByExpression"); 

                    aggVarDefNodes.Add(ProcessFunctionAggregate(funcAgg, argNodes, out aggVar)); 
                }
                //
                // Handle if it is DbGroupAggregate
                // 
                else
                { 
                    groupAggDefNode = ProcessGroupAggregate(keyVarDefNodes, copyOfInput, copyOfKeyVarDefNodes, copyKeyVarSet, e.Input.Expression.ResultType, out aggVar); 
                }
 
                outputVarSet.Set(aggVar);
            }

            // 
            // The Aggregates have now been processed, so remove the group variable from scope.
            // 
            ExitGroupExpressionBinding(); 

            // 
            // Construct the GroupBy. This consists of a GroupByOp (or GroupByIntoOp) with 3 (or 4) children:
            // 1. The Node produced from the Input set
            // 2. A VarDefListOp Node that uses the Key VarDefs to define the Key Vars (created above)
            // 3. A VarDefListOp Node that uses the Aggregate VarDefs to define the Aggregate Vars (created above) 
            // 4. For a GroupByIntoOp a verDefLIstOp Node with a single var def node that defines the group aggregate
            // 
            List groupByChildren = new List(); 
            groupByChildren.Add(inputNode);  // The Node produced from the Input set
            groupByChildren.Add(        // The Key VarDefs 
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                    _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp(),
                    keyVarDefNodes
                )); 
            groupByChildren.Add(        // The Aggregate VarDefs
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                    _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp(), 
                    aggVarDefNodes
                )); 

            GroupByBaseOp op;
            if (groupAggregateIndex >= 0)
            { 
                groupByChildren.Add(    // The GroupAggregate VarDef
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                        _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp(), 
                        groupAggDefNode
                    )); 
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateGroupByIntoOp(keyVarSet, this._iqtCommand.CreateVarVec(_varMap[inputNode]), outputVarSet);
            }
            else
            { 
                op = _iqtCommand.CreateGroupByOp(keyVarSet, outputVarSet);
            } 
 
            Node groupByNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                op, groupByChildren); 

            //
            // Create and return a projection that unifies the multiple output vars of the GroupBy into a single record constructor.
            // 
            return ProjectNewRecord(
                groupByNode, 
                ExtractElementRowType(e.ResultType), 
                outputVarSet     //todo: it is not correct to pass a varvec where an ordered list is expected
            ); 
        }

        private void ExtractKeys(DbGroupByExpression e, VarVec keyVarSet, VarVec outputVarSet, out Node inputNode, out List keyVarDefNodes, out ExpressionBindingScope scope)
        { 
            inputNode = EnterGroupExpressionBinding(e.Input);
 
            // 
            // Process the Keys: For each Key, produce the corresponding IQT conversion.
            // The converted Node is then used as the child node of a VarDefOp Node that is 
            // added to a list of Key VarDefs. The Var defined by the converted Key expression
            // is added to both the overall list of Vars produced by the GroupBy and the list of Key vars produced by the GroupBy.
            //
            keyVarDefNodes = new List(); 
            for (int idx = 0; idx < e.Keys.Count; idx++)
            { 
                DbExpression keyExpr = e.Keys[idx]; 

                Node keyNode = VisitExprAsScalar(keyExpr); 
                ScalarOp keyOp = keyNode.Op as ScalarOp;

                //
                // In a valid CQT, each group key expressions will result in a ScalarOp since they 
                // must be of an equality comparable type.
                // 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(keyOp != null, "GroupBy Key is not a ScalarOp"); 

                // 
                // Create a ComputedVar with the same type as the Key and add it to both the set of output Vars produced by the GroupBy and the set of Key vars.
                //
                Var keyVar;
                // 
                // Create a VarDefOp that uses the converted form of the Key to define the ComputedVar and add it to the list of Key VarDefs.
                // 
                keyVarDefNodes.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateVarDefNode(keyNode, out keyVar)); 
                outputVarSet.Set(keyVar);
                keyVarSet.Set(keyVar); 
            }

            //
            // Before the Aggregates are processed, the Input variable must be taken out of scope and the 'group' variable introduced into scope in its place 
            // This is done as follows:
            // 1. Pop the current ExpressionBindingScope from the stack 
            // 2. Create a new ExpressionBindingScope using the same Var but the name of the 'group' variable from the DbGroupByExpression's DbGroupExpressionBinding 
            // 3. Push this new scope onto the variable scope stack.
            // 
            scope = ExitExpressionBinding();
        }

        private Node ProcessFunctionAggregate(DbFunctionAggregate funcAgg, IList argNodes, out Var aggVar) 
        {
            Node aggNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                _iqtCommand.CreateAggregateOp(funcAgg.Function, funcAgg.Distinct), 
                argNodes
            ); 

            //
            // Create a VarDefOp that uses the converted form of the DbAggregate to define the ComputedVar
            // 
            return _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefNode(aggNode, out aggVar);
        } 
 
        /// 
        /// Translation for GroupAggregate 
        ///
        /// Create the translation as :
        ///
        ///  Collect 
        ///     |
        ///  PhysicalProject 
        ///     | 
        ///  GroupNodeDefinition
        /// 
        /// Here, GroupNodeDefinition is:
        ///    1. If there are no keys:  copyOfInput;
        ///    2. If there are keys:
        /// 
        ///  Filter (keyDef1 = copyOfKeyDef1 or keyDef1 is null and copyOfKeyDef1 is null) and ... and (keyDefn = copyOfKeyDefn or keyDefn is null and copyOfKeyDefn is null)
        ///    | 
        ///  Project (copyOfInput, copyOfKeyDef1, copyOfKeyDef1, ... copyOfKeyDefn) 
        ///    |
        ///  copyOfInput 
        ///
        /// 
        /// 
        ///  
        /// 
        ///  
        ///  
        /// 
        ///  
        private Node ProcessGroupAggregate(List keyVarDefNodes, Node copyOfInput, List copyOfkeyVarDefNodes, VarVec copyKeyVarSet, TypeUsage inputResultType, out Var groupAggVar)
        {
            Var inputVar = this._varMap[copyOfInput];
            Node groupDefNode = copyOfInput; 

            if (keyVarDefNodes.Count > 0) 
            { 
                VarVec projectOutpus = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec();
                projectOutpus.Set(inputVar); 
                projectOutpus.Or(copyKeyVarSet);

                Node projectNodeWithKeys = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                    _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(projectOutpus), 
                    groupDefNode,                   //the input
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode(         //the key var defs 
                        _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp(), 
                        copyOfkeyVarDefNodes
                    )); 

                List flattentedKeys = new List();
                List copyFlattenedKeys = new List();
 
                for (int i = 0; i < keyVarDefNodes.Count; i++)
                { 
                    Node keyVarDef = keyVarDefNodes[i]; 
                    Node copyOfKeyVarDef = copyOfkeyVarDefNodes[i];
 
                    Var keyVar = ((VarDefOp)keyVarDef.Op).Var;
                    Var copyOfKeyVar = ((VarDefOp)copyOfKeyVarDef.Op).Var;

                    // 
                    // The keys of type row need to be flattened, because grouping by a row means grouping by its individual
                    // members and thus we have to check the individual members whether they are null. 
                    // IsNull(x) where x is a row type does not mean whether the individual properties of x are null, 
                    // but rather whether the entire row is null.
                    // 
                    FlattenProperties(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(keyVar)), flattentedKeys);
                    FlattenProperties(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateVarRefOp(copyOfKeyVar)), copyFlattenedKeys);
                }
 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(flattentedKeys.Count == copyFlattenedKeys.Count, "The flattened keys lists should have the same nubmer of elements");
 
                Node filterPredicateNode = null; 

                for(int j = 0; j< flattentedKeys.Count; j++) 
                {
                    Node keyNode = flattentedKeys[j];
                    Node copyKeyNode = copyFlattenedKeys[j];
 
                    //
                    // Create the predicate for a single key 
                    // keyVar = copyOfKeyVar or keyVar is null and copyOfKeyVar is null 
                    //
                    Node predicate = _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                                _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Or),
                                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                                    _iqtCommand.CreateComparisonOp(OpType.EQ), keyNode, copyKeyNode),
                                _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                                    _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.And),
                                        _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                                            _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.IsNull), 
                                            OpCopier.Copy(_iqtCommand, keyNode)),
                                        _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                                            _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.IsNull),
                                            OpCopier.Copy(_iqtCommand, copyKeyNode))));

                    if (filterPredicateNode == null) 
                    {
                        filterPredicateNode = predicate; 
                    } 
                    else
                    { 
                        filterPredicateNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                                _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.And),
                                filterPredicateNode, predicate);
                    } 
                }
 
                Node filterNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                                    _iqtCommand.CreateFilterOp(), projectNodeWithKeys, filterPredicateNode);
 
                groupDefNode = filterNode;
            }

            //Cap with Collect over PhysicalProject 
            _varMap[groupDefNode] = inputVar;
            groupDefNode = ConvertRelOpToScalarOpTree(groupDefNode, inputResultType); 
 
            Node result = _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefNode(groupDefNode, out groupAggVar);
            return result; 
        }

        /// 
        /// If the return type of the input node is a RowType it flattens its individual non-row properties. 
        /// The produced nodes are added to the given flattenedProperties list
        ///  
        ///  
        /// 
        private void FlattenProperties(Node input, IList flattenedProperties) 
        {
            if (input.Op.Type.EdmType.BuiltInTypeKind == BuiltInTypeKind.RowType)
            {
                IList properties = TypeHelpers.GetProperties(input.Op.Type); 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(properties.Count != 0, "No nested properties for RowType");
 
                for (int i = 0; i < properties.Count; i++) 
                {
                    Node newInput = (i == 0) ? input : OpCopier.Copy(_iqtCommand, input); 
                    FlattenProperties(_iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreatePropertyOp(properties[i]), newInput), flattenedProperties);
                }
            }
            else 
            {
                flattenedProperties.Add(input); 
            } 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Common processing for the identical input and sort order arguments to the unrelated
        /// DbSkipExpression and DbSortExpression types.
        ///  
        /// The input DbExpressionBinding from the DbSkipExpression or DbSortExpression
        /// The list of SortClauses from the DbSkipExpression or DbSortExpression 
        /// A list to contain the converted SortKeys produced from the SortClauses 
        /// The Var produced by the input to the DbSkipExpression or DbSortExpression
        ///  
        ///     The converted form of the input to the DbSkipExpression or DbSortExpression, capped by a
        ///     ProjectOp that defines and Vars referenced by the SortKeys.
        /// 
        private Node VisitSortArguments(DbExpressionBinding input, IList sortOrder, List sortKeys, out Var inputVar) 
        {
            // 
            // Skip/DbSortExpression conversion first produces a ProjectOp over the original input. 
            // This is done to ensure that the new (Constrained)SortOp itself does not
            // contain any local variable definitions (in the form of a VarDefList child node) 
            // which makes it simpler to pull SortOps over ProjectOps later in the PlanCompiler
            // (specifically the PreProcessor).
            // The new ProjectOp projects the output Var of the input along with any Vars referenced
            // by the SortKeys, and its VarDefList child defines those Vars. 

            // 
            // Bring the variable defined by the DbSortExpression's input set into scope 
            // and retrieve it from the Node => Var map for later use.
            // 
            Node inputNode = EnterExpressionBinding(input);
            inputVar = _varMap[inputNode];

            // 
            // Convert the SortClauses, building a new VarDefOp Node for each one.
            // 
            VarVec projectedVars = _iqtCommand.CreateVarVec(); 
            projectedVars.Set(inputVar);
 
            List sortVarDefs = new List();
            PlanCompiler.Assert(sortKeys.Count == 0, "Non-empty SortKey list before adding converted SortClauses");
            for (int idx = 0; idx < sortOrder.Count; idx++)
            { 
                DbSortClause clause = sortOrder[idx];
 
                // 
                // Convert the DbSortClause DbExpression to a Node/Op pair
                // 
                Node exprNode = VisitExprAsScalar(clause.Expression);

                //
                // In a valid CQT, DbSortClause expressions must have a result of an OrderComparable Type, 
                // and such expressions will always convert to ScalarOps.
                // 
                ScalarOp specOp = exprNode.Op as ScalarOp; 
                PlanCompiler.Assert(specOp != null, "DbSortClause Expression converted to non-ScalarOp");
 
                //
                // Create a new ComputedVar with the same Type as the result Type of the DbSortClause DbExpression
                //
                Var specVar; 

                // 
                // Create a new VarDefOp Node that defines the ComputedVar and add it both to the 
                // list of VarDefs and the VarVec of produced Vars that will be used to create a
                // SortKey-defining ProjectOp over the Sort input. 
                //
                sortVarDefs.Add(_iqtCommand.CreateVarDefNode(exprNode, out specVar));
                projectedVars.Set(specVar);
 
                //
                // Create a new IQT SortKey that references the ComputedVar and has the same 
                // Ascending and Collation as the original DbSortClause, then add it to the list of SortKeys. 
                //
                SortKey sortKey = null; 
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(clause.Collation))
                {
                    sortKey = Command.CreateSortKey(specVar, clause.Ascending);
                } 
                else
                { 
                    sortKey = Command.CreateSortKey(specVar, clause.Ascending, clause.Collation); 
                }
                sortKeys.Add(sortKey); 
            }

            //
            // Now that the SortClauses have been converted, remove the Input set's variable from scope. 
            //
            ExitExpressionBinding(); 
 
            //
            // Cap the Input with a ProjectOp that pushes the sort key VarDefs down to that projection. 
            //
            inputNode =
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                    _iqtCommand.CreateProjectOp(projectedVars), 
                    inputNode,
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                        _iqtCommand.CreateVarDefListOp(), 
                        sortVarDefs
                    ) 
                );

            return inputNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbSkipExpression expression) 
        { 
            //
            // Invoke common processing of Skip/DbSortExpression arguments. 
            //
            Var inputVar;
            List sortKeys = new List();
            Node inputNode = VisitSortArguments(expression.Input, expression.SortOrder, sortKeys, out inputVar); 

            // 
            // Visit the Skip Count 
            //
            Node countNode = VisitExprAsScalar(expression.Count); 

            //
            // Create a new Node that has a new ConstrainedSortOp based on the SortKeys as its Op
            // and the following children: 
            // - The Input node from VisitSortArguments
            // - The converted form of the skip count 
            // - A NullOp of type Int64 to indicate that no limit operation is applied 
            //
            Node skipNode = 
                _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                    _iqtCommand.CreateConstrainedSortOp(sortKeys),
                    inputNode,
                    countNode, 
                    _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateNullOp(_iqtCommand.IntegerType))
                ); 
 
            // Update the Node --> Var mapping for the new ConstrainedSort Node.
            // ConstrainedSortOp maps to the same Op that its RelOp input maps to. 
            _varMap[skipNode] = inputVar;

            return skipNode;
        } 

        public override Node Visit(DbSortExpression e) 
        { 
            //
            // Invoke common processing of Skip/DbSortExpression arguments. 
            //
            Var inputVar;
            List sortKeys = new List();
            Node inputNode = VisitSortArguments(e.Input, e.SortOrder, sortKeys, out inputVar); 

            // 
            // Create a new SortOp that uses the constructed SortKeys. 
            //
            SortOp newSortOp = _iqtCommand.CreateSortOp(sortKeys); 

            //
            // Create a new SortOp Node that has the new SortOp as its Op the Key-defining ProjectOp Node as its only child.
            // 
            Node newSortNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(newSortOp, inputNode);
 
            // Update the Node --> Var mapping for the new Sort Node. 
            // SortOp maps to the same Op that its RelOp input maps to.
            _varMap[newSortNode] = inputVar; 

            return newSortNode;
        }
 
        public override Node Visit(DbQuantifierExpression e)
        { 
            Node retNode = null; 

            // 
            // Any converts to Exists(Filter(Input, Predicate))
            // All converts to Not(Exists(Filter(Input, Or(Not(Predicate), IsNull(Predicate)))))
            //
            PlanCompiler.Assert(DbExpressionKind.Any == e.ExpressionKind || DbExpressionKind.All == e.ExpressionKind, "Invalid DbExpressionKind in DbQuantifierExpression"); 

            // 
            // Bring the input's variable into scope 
            //
            Node inputNode = EnterExpressionBinding(e.Input); 

            //
            // Convert the predicate
            // 
            Node predicateNode = VisitExprAsPredicate(e.Predicate);
 
            // 
            // If the quantifier is All then the predicate must become 'Not(Predicate) Or IsNull(Predicate)',
            // since the converted form of the predicate should exclude a member of the input set if and only if 
            // the predicate evaluates to False - filtering only with the negated predicate would also exclude members
            // for which that negated predicate evaluates to null, possibly resulting in an erroneous empty result set
            // and causing the quantifier to produce a false positive result.
            // 
            if (DbExpressionKind.All == e.ExpressionKind)
            { 
                // Create the 'Not(Predicate)' branch of the Or. 
                predicateNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(
                    _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Not), 
                    predicateNode
                );

                // Visit the original predicate for use in the 'IsNull(Predicate)' branch of the Or. 
                // Note that this is treated as a scalar value rather than a Boolean predicate.
                Node predicateCopy = VisitExprAsScalar(e.Predicate); 
 
                // Create the 'IsNull(Predicate)' branch of the Or.
                predicateCopy = _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                    _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.IsNull),
                    predicateCopy
                );
 
                // Finally, combine the branches with a Boolean 'Or' Op to create the updated predicate node.
                predicateNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode( 
                    _iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Or), 
                    predicateNode,
                    predicateCopy 
                );
            }

            // 
            // Remove the input's variable from scope
            // 
            ExitExpressionBinding(); 

            // 
            // Create a FilterOp around the original input set and map the FilterOp to the Var produced by the original input set.
            //
            Var inputVar = _varMap[inputNode];
            inputNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateFilterOp(), inputNode, predicateNode); 
            _varMap[inputNode] = inputVar;
 
            // 
            // Create an ExistsOp around the filtered set to perform the quantifier operation.
            // 
            retNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateExistsOp(), inputNode);

            //
            // For All, the exists operation as currently built must now be negated. 
            //
            if (DbExpressionKind.All == e.ExpressionKind) 
            { 
                retNode = _iqtCommand.CreateNode(_iqtCommand.CreateConditionalOp(OpType.Not), retNode);
            } 

            return retNode;
        }
 
        #endregion
    } 
} 

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