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package com.mysql.cj.api.xdevapi;

/**
 * Handles the altering of a View.
 * 
 * Example:
 * 
 * 
 * // Creates the view through the Schema object
 * Schema schema = session.getSchema('sakila');
 * Table table = db.getTable("actor");
 * Table view = db.createView("actor_list")
 *              .definedAs(table.select("concat(first_name, \" \", last_name) as name, age").orderBy("name ASC"))
 *              .execute();
 * 
 * // Retrieves the view through getTable()
 * Table actors = db.getTable("actor_list");
 * actors.isView() // Returns true
 * actors.select("*").execute();
 * 
 * // Alters the view
 * Table view = db.alterView("actor_list")
 *              .definedAs(table.select("concat(first_name, \" \", last_name) as full_name"))
 *              .execute();
 * 
 * // Dropping the view
 * db.dropView("actor_list").ifExists().execute();
 * 
 */
public interface ViewUpdate extends ViewDDL {

    /**
     * Execute the View update operation.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    Table execute();
}