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package com.akiban.sql.types;
/**
*
* An interface for describing an alias in Derby systems.
*
* In a Derby system, an alias can be one of the following:
* <ul>
* <li>method alias
* <li>UDT alias
* <li>class alias
* <li>synonym
* <li>user-defined aggregate
* </ul>
*
*/
public interface AliasInfo
{
public enum Type { UDT, PROCEDURE, FUNCTION, SYNONYM };
/**
* Get the name of the static method that the alias
* represents at the source database. (Only meaningful for
* method aliases )
*
* @return The name of the static method that the alias
* represents at the source database.
*/
public String getMethodName();
/**
* Return true if this alias is a Table Function.
*/
public boolean isTableFunction();
}