diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/GenerateExpression.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/GenerateExpression.scala
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--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/GenerateExpression.scala
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen
-
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, BindReferences, Expression}
-
-import scala.runtime.AbstractFunction1
-
-object GenerateExpression extends CodeGenerator[Expression, InternalRow => Any] {
-
-  override protected def canonicalize(in: Expression): Expression = {
-    ExpressionCanonicalizer.execute(in)
-  }
-
-  override protected def bind(in: Expression, inputSchema: Seq[Attribute]): Expression = {
-    BindReferences.bindReference(in, inputSchema)
-  }
-
-  override protected def create(expr: Expression): InternalRow => Any = {
-    val ctx = newCodeGenContext()
-    val eval = expr.gen(ctx)
-    val code =
-      s"""
-         |class SpecificExpression extends
-         |  ${classOf[AbstractFunction1[InternalRow, Any]].getName}<${classOf[InternalRow].getName}, Object> {
-         |
-         |  @Override
-         |  public SpecificExpression generate($exprType[] expr) {
-         |    return new SpecificExpression(expr);
-         |  }
-         |
-         |  @Override
-         |  public Object apply(InternalRow i) {
-         |    ${eval.code}
-         |    return ${eval.isNull} ? null : ${eval.primitive};
-         |  }
-         | }
-       """.stripMargin
-    logDebug(s"Generated expression '$expr':\n$code")
-    println(code)
-    compile(code).generate(ctx.references.toArray).asInstanceOf[InternalRow => Any]
-  }
-}