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/*
* Copyright 2004-2010 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the H2 License,
* Version 1.0, and under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0
* (http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
* Initial Developer: H2 Group
*/
package org.h2.table;
import org.h2.command.dml.Select;
import org.h2.expression.Expression;
import org.h2.expression.ExpressionColumn;
import org.h2.value.Value;
/**
* A column resolver is list of column (for example, a table) that can map a
* column name to an actual column.
*/
public interface ColumnResolver {
/**
* Get the table alias.
*
* @return the table alias
*/
String getTableAlias();
/**
* Get the column list.
*
* @return the column list
*/
Column[] getColumns();
/**
* Get the list of system columns, if any.
*
* @return the system columns
*/
Column[] getSystemColumns();
/**
* Get the schema name.
*
* @return the schema name
*/
String getSchemaName();
/**
* Get the value for the given column.
*
* @param column the column
* @return the value
*/
Value getValue(Column column);
/**
* Get the table filter.
*
* @return the table filter
*/
TableFilter getTableFilter();
/**
* Get the select statement.
*
* @return the select statement
*/
Select getSelect();
/**
* Get the expression that represents this column.
*
* @param expressionColumn the expression column
* @param column the column
* @return the optimized expression
*/
Expression optimize(ExpressionColumn expressionColumn, Column column);
}