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This module contains the Table/SQL API for writing table programs within the table ecosystem using the Java programming language.

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package org.apache.flink.table.api;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
import org.apache.flink.table.catalog.ObjectIdentifier;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Describes a complete pipeline from one or more source tables to a sink table.
 *
 * @see Table#insertInto(String)
 */
@PublicEvolving
public interface TablePipeline extends Explainable, Executable, Compilable {

    /**
     * @return The sink table's {@link ObjectIdentifier}, if any. The result is empty for anonymous
     *     sink tables that haven't been registered before.
     */
    Optional getSinkIdentifier();
}