/*
Copyright (c) 2008 Health Market Science, Inc.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA
You can contact Health Market Science at info@healthmarketscience.com
or at the following address:
Health Market Science
2700 Horizon Drive
Suite 200
King of Prussia, PA 19406
*/
package com.healthmarketscience.sqlbuilder.dbspec;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Maintains information about a database table for use with the sqlbuilder
* utilities.
*
* @author James Ahlborn
*/
public interface Table {
/** @return the alias for this table which <b>should be</b> unique among all
tables in a given query */
public String getAlias();
/** @return a string which represents an absolute (fully qualified)
reference to this table, suitable for sql statements */
public String getTableNameSQL();
/** @return the columns in this table */
public List<? extends Column> getColumns();
/** @return any constraints for this table */
public List<? extends Constraint> getConstraints();
}