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package org.apache.metamodel;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.apache.metamodel.annotations.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.metamodel.convert.ConvertedDataSetInterceptor;
import org.apache.metamodel.convert.Converters;
import org.apache.metamodel.convert.HasReadTypeConverters;
import org.apache.metamodel.convert.TypeConverter;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.DataSet;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.DataSetHeader;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.DefaultRow;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.EmptyDataSet;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.FirstRowDataSet;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.InMemoryDataSet;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.Row;
import org.apache.metamodel.data.SimpleDataSetHeader;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.FilterItem;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.FromItem;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.GroupByItem;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.JoinType;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.OperatorType;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.OrderByItem;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.Query;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.ScalarFunction;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.SelectClause;
import org.apache.metamodel.query.SelectItem;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Column;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.ColumnType;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.DefaultTableAliasedSchema;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableColumn;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableRelationship;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableSchema;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.MutableTable;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Relationship;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Schema;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.Table;
import org.apache.metamodel.schema.TableType;
import org.apache.metamodel.util.CollectionUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Abstract DataContext for data sources that do not support SQL queries natively.
 * 
 * Instead this superclass only requires that a subclass can materialize a single table at a time. Then the query will
 * be executed by post processing the datasets client-side.
 */
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public abstract class QueryPostprocessDataContext extends AbstractDataContext implements HasReadTypeConverters {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(QueryPostprocessDataContext.class);

    public static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTY_CREATE_DEFAULT_TABLE_ALIAS = "metamodel.alias.default.table";
    public static final String INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME = "information_schema";

    private final Map> converters;
    private final boolean singleTableDatastore;

    public QueryPostprocessDataContext() {
        this(true);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @param singleTableDatastore a flag that, if set to true, indicates that this DataContext contains just a single
     *            table. This information will be used to optimize and provide convenience for the implementation. An
     *            additional {@link Table} of type {@link TableType#ALIAS} with the name "default_table" will be
     *            automatically added in addition to the single table. That again makes for convenient querying of the
     *            single table using a predictable name/alias.
     */
    public QueryPostprocessDataContext(boolean singleTableDatastore) {
        super();
        this.singleTableDatastore = singleTableDatastore;
        this.converters = new HashMap>();
    }

    @Override
    public DataSet executeQuery(final Query query) {
        final List selectItems = query.getSelectClause().getItems();
        final List fromItems = query.getFromClause().getItems();
        final List whereItems = query.getWhereClause().getItems();
        final List whereSelectItems = query.getWhereClause().getEvaluatedSelectItems();
        final List groupByItems = query.getGroupByClause().getItems();
        final List groupBySelectItems = query.getGroupByClause().getEvaluatedSelectItems();
        final List havingSelectItems = query.getHavingClause().getEvaluatedSelectItems();
        final List orderBySelectItems = query.getOrderByClause().getEvaluatedSelectItems();

        final List havingItems = query.getHavingClause().getItems();
        final List orderByItems = query.getOrderByClause().getItems();

        final int firstRow = (query.getFirstRow() == null ? 1 : query.getFirstRow());
        final int maxRows = (query.getMaxRows() == null ? -1 : query.getMaxRows());

        if (maxRows == 0) {
            // no rows requested - no reason to do anything
            return new EmptyDataSet(selectItems);
        }

        // check certain common query types that can often be optimized by
        // subclasses
        final boolean singleFromItem = fromItems.size() == 1;
        final boolean noGrouping = groupByItems.isEmpty() && havingItems.isEmpty();
        if (singleFromItem && noGrouping) {

            final FromItem fromItem = query.getFromClause().getItem(0);
            final Table table = MetaModelHelper.resolveTable(fromItem);
            if (table != null) {

                // check for SELECT COUNT(*) queries
                if (selectItems.size() == 1) {
                    final SelectItem selectItem = query.getSelectClause().getItem(0);
                    if (SelectItem.isCountAllItem(selectItem)) {
                        final boolean functionApproximationAllowed = selectItem.isFunctionApproximationAllowed();
                        if (isMainSchemaTable(table)) {
                            logger.debug("Query is a COUNT query with {} where items. Trying executeCountQuery(...)",
                                    whereItems.size());
                            final Number count = executeCountQuery(table, whereItems, functionApproximationAllowed);
                            if (count == null) {
                                logger.debug(
                                        "DataContext did not return any count query results. Proceeding with manual counting.");
                            } else {
                                final List data = new ArrayList(1);
                                final DataSetHeader header = new SimpleDataSetHeader(new SelectItem[] { selectItem });
                                data.add(new DefaultRow(header, new Object[] { count }));
                                return new InMemoryDataSet(header, data);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                final boolean isSimpleSelect = isSimpleSelect(query.getSelectClause());
                if (isSimpleSelect) {
                    // check for lookup query by primary key
                    if (whereItems.size() == 1) {
                        final FilterItem whereItem = whereItems.get(0);
                        final SelectItem selectItem = whereItem.getSelectItem();
                        if (!whereItem.isCompoundFilter() && selectItem != null && !selectItem.hasFunction()
                                && selectItem.getColumn() != null) {
                            final Column column = selectItem.getColumn();
                            if (column.isPrimaryKey() && OperatorType.EQUALS_TO.equals(whereItem.getOperator())) {
                                logger.debug(
                                        "Query is a primary key lookup query. Trying executePrimaryKeyLookupQuery(...)");
                                if (table != null) {
                                    if (isMainSchemaTable(table)) {
                                        final Object operand = whereItem.getOperand();
                                        final Row row =
                                                executePrimaryKeyLookupQuery(table, selectItems, column, operand);
                                        if (row == null) {
                                            logger.debug(
                                                    "DataContext did not return any GET query results. Proceeding with manual lookup.");
                                        } else {
                                            final DataSetHeader header = new SimpleDataSetHeader(selectItems);
                                            return new InMemoryDataSet(header, row);
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    // check for simple queries with or without simple criteria
                    if (orderByItems.isEmpty()) {
                        final DataSet dataSet = materializeTable(table, selectItems, whereItems, firstRow, maxRows);
                        return dataSet;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // Creates a list for all select items that are needed to execute query
        // (some may only be used as part of a filter, but not shown in result)
        List workSelectItems = CollectionUtils.concat(true, selectItems, whereSelectItems,
                groupBySelectItems, havingSelectItems, orderBySelectItems);

        // Materialize the tables in the from clause
        final DataSet[] fromDataSets = new DataSet[fromItems.size()];
        for (int i = 0; i < fromDataSets.length; i++) {
            FromItem fromItem = fromItems.get(i);
            fromDataSets[i] = materializeFromItem(fromItem, workSelectItems);
        }

        // Execute the query using the raw data
        DataSet dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getCarthesianProduct(fromDataSets, whereItems);

        // we can now exclude the select items imposed by the WHERE clause (and
        // should, to make the aggregation process faster)
        workSelectItems =
                CollectionUtils.concat(true, selectItems, groupBySelectItems, havingSelectItems, orderBySelectItems);

        if (groupByItems.size() > 0) {
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getGrouped(workSelectItems, dataSet, groupByItems);
        } else {
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getAggregated(workSelectItems, dataSet);
        }
        dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getFiltered(dataSet, havingItems);

        if (query.getSelectClause().isDistinct()) {
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getDistinct(dataSet);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getOrdered(dataSet, orderByItems);
        } else {
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getOrdered(dataSet, orderByItems);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);
        }

        dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getPaged(dataSet, firstRow, maxRows);
        return dataSet;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if all the select items are 'simple' meaning that they just represent scans of values in columns.
     *
     * @param clause
     * @return
     */
    private boolean isSimpleSelect(SelectClause clause) {
        if (clause.isDistinct()) {
            return false;
        }
        for (SelectItem item : clause.getItems()) {
            if (item.getAggregateFunction() != null || item.getExpression() != null) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Executes a simple count query, if possible. This method is provided to allow subclasses to optimize count queries
     * since they are quite common and often a datastore can retrieve the count using some specialized means which is
     * much more performant than counting all records manually.
     * 
     * @param table the table on which the count is requested.
     * @param whereItems a (sometimes empty) list of WHERE items.
     * @param functionApproximationAllowed whether approximation is allowed or not.
     * @return the count of the particular table, or null if not available.
     */
    protected Number executeCountQuery(Table table, List whereItems, boolean functionApproximationAllowed) {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Executes a query which obtains a row by primary key (as defined by {@link Column#isPrimaryKey()}). This method is
     * provided to allow subclasses to optimize lookup queries since they are quite common and often a datastore can
     * retrieve the row using some specialized means which is much more performant than scanning all records manually.
     * 
     * @param table the table on which the lookup is requested.
     * @param selectItems the items to select from the lookup query.
     * @param primaryKeyColumn the column that is the primary key
     * @param keyValue the primary key value that is specified in the lookup query.
     * @return the row if the particular table, or null if not available.
     */
    protected Row executePrimaryKeyLookupQuery(Table table, List selectItems, Column primaryKeyColumn,
            Object keyValue) {
        return null;
    }

    protected DataSet materializeFromItem(final FromItem fromItem, final List selectItems) {
        DataSet dataSet;
        JoinType joinType = fromItem.getJoin();
        if (fromItem.getTable() != null) {
            // We need to materialize a single table
            final Table table = MetaModelHelper.resolveTable(fromItem);
            final List selectItemsToMaterialize = new ArrayList();
            
            for (final SelectItem selectItem : selectItems) {
                final FromItem selectedFromItem = selectItem.getFromItem();
                if (selectedFromItem != null) {
                    if (selectedFromItem.equals(fromItem)) {
                        selectItemsToMaterialize.add(selectItem.replaceFunction(null));
                    }
                } else {
                    // the select item does not specify a specific
                    // from-item
                    final Column selectedColumn = selectItem.getColumn();
                    if (selectedColumn != null) {
                        // we assume that if the table matches, we will use the
                        // column
                        if (selectedColumn.getTable() != null && selectedColumn.getTable().equals(table)) {
                            selectItemsToMaterialize.add(selectItem.replaceFunction(null));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("calling materializeTable(" + table.getName() + "," + selectItemsToMaterialize + ",1,-1");
            }

            // Dispatching to the concrete subclass of
            // QueryPostprocessDataContextStrategy
            dataSet = materializeTable(table, selectItemsToMaterialize, Collections.emptyList(), 1, -1);

        } else if (joinType != null) {
            // We need to (recursively) materialize a joined FromItem
            if (fromItem.getLeftSide() == null || fromItem.getRightSide() == null) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Joined FromItem requires both left and right side: " + fromItem);
            }
            final DataSet[] fromItemDataSets = new DataSet[2];

            // materialize left side
            final List leftOn = Arrays.asList(fromItem.getLeftOn());
            fromItemDataSets[0] =
                    materializeFromItem(fromItem.getLeftSide(), CollectionUtils.concat(true, selectItems, leftOn));

            // materialize right side
            final List rightOn = Arrays.asList(fromItem.getRightOn());
            fromItemDataSets[1] =
                    materializeFromItem(fromItem.getRightSide(), CollectionUtils.concat(true, selectItems, rightOn));

            final FilterItem[] onConditions = new FilterItem[leftOn.size()];
            for (int i = 0; i < onConditions.length; i++) {
                final FilterItem whereItem = new FilterItem(leftOn.get(i), OperatorType.EQUALS_TO, rightOn.get(i));
                onConditions[i] = whereItem;
            }

            switch (joinType) {
            case INNER:
                dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getCarthesianProduct(fromItemDataSets, onConditions);
                break;
            case LEFT:
                dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getLeftJoin(fromItemDataSets[0], fromItemDataSets[1], onConditions);
                break;
            case RIGHT:
                dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getRightJoin(fromItemDataSets[0], fromItemDataSets[1], onConditions);
                break;
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("FromItem type not supported: " + fromItem);
            }
        } else if (fromItem.getSubQuery() != null) {
            // We need to (recursively) materialize a subquery
            dataSet = executeQuery(fromItem.getSubQuery());
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("FromItem type not supported: " + fromItem);
        }
        if (dataSet == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("FromItem was not successfully materialized: " + fromItem);
        }
        
        return dataSet;
    }

    protected DataSet materializeTable(final Table table, final List selectItems,
            final List whereItems, final int firstRow, final int maxRows) {
        if (table == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Table cannot be null");
        }

        if (selectItems == null || selectItems.isEmpty()) {
            // add any column (typically this occurs because of COUNT(*)
            // queries)
            List columns = table.getColumns();
            if (columns.size() == 0) {
                logger.warn("Queried table has no columns: {}", table);
            } else {
                selectItems.add(new SelectItem(columns.get(0)));
            }
        }

        final Schema schema = table.getSchema();
        final String schemaName;
        if (schema == null) {
            schemaName = null;
        } else {
            schemaName = schema.getName();
        }

        final DataSet dataSet;
        if (INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME.equals(schemaName)) {
            DataSet informationDataSet =
                    materializeInformationSchemaTable(table, buildWorkingSelectItems(selectItems, whereItems));
            informationDataSet = MetaModelHelper.getFiltered(informationDataSet, whereItems);
            informationDataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, informationDataSet);
            informationDataSet = MetaModelHelper.getPaged(informationDataSet, firstRow, maxRows);
            dataSet = informationDataSet;
        } else {
            final DataSet tableDataSet = materializeMainSchemaTable(table, selectItems, whereItems, firstRow, maxRows);

            // conversion is done at materialization time, since it enables
            // the refined types to be used also in eg. where clauses.
            dataSet = new ConvertedDataSetInterceptor(converters).intercept(tableDataSet);
        }

        return dataSet;
    }

    private List buildWorkingSelectItems(List selectItems, List whereItems) {
        if (whereItems == null || whereItems.isEmpty()) {
            return selectItems;
        }
        final List evaluatedSelectItems = MetaModelHelper.getEvaluatedSelectItems(whereItems);
        
        final LinkedHashSet workingSelectItems = new LinkedHashSet<>();
        workingSelectItems.addAll(selectItems);
        workingSelectItems.addAll(evaluatedSelectItems);
        return new ArrayList<>(workingSelectItems);
    }

    /**
     * Determines if the subclass of this class can materialize {@link SelectItem}s with the given
     * {@link ScalarFunction}. Usually scalar functions are applied by MetaModel on the client side, but when possible
     * they can also be handled by e.g. {@link #materializeMainSchemaTable(Table, List, int, int)} and
     * {@link #materializeMainSchemaTable(Table, List, List, int, int)} in which case MetaModel will not evaluate it
     * client-side.
     * 
     * @param function
     * @return
     */
    protected boolean isScalarFunctionMaterialized(ScalarFunction function) {
        return false;
    }

    protected boolean isMainSchemaTable(Table table) {
        Schema schema = table.getSchema();
        if (INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME.equals(schema.getName())) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected final List getSchemaNamesInternal() throws MetaModelException {
        final List schemaNames = new ArrayList<>();
        schemaNames.add(INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME);
        schemaNames.add(getMainSchemaName());
        return schemaNames;
    }

    @Override
    protected String getDefaultSchemaName() throws MetaModelException {
        return getMainSchemaName();
    }

    @Override
    protected final Schema getSchemaByNameInternal(final String name) throws MetaModelException {
        final String mainSchemaName = getMainSchemaName();
        if (name == null && mainSchemaName != null) {
            return null;
        }

        if (name == null || name.equalsIgnoreCase(mainSchemaName)) {
            final Schema mainSchema = getMainSchema();
            final boolean createAliasTable = singleTableDatastore
                    && Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(SYSTEM_PROPERTY_CREATE_DEFAULT_TABLE_ALIAS, "true"));
            if (createAliasTable) {
                return DefaultTableAliasedSchema.wrapIfAppropriate(mainSchema);
            }
            return mainSchema;
        } else if (name.equals(INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME)) {
            return getInformationSchema();
        }

        logger.warn("Could not find matching schema of name '{}'. Main schema name is: '{}'. Returning null.", name,
                mainSchemaName);
        return null;
    }

    private Schema getInformationSchema() {
        // Create schema
        MutableSchema informationSchema = new MutableSchema(INFORMATION_SCHEMA_NAME);
        MutableTable tablesTable = new MutableTable("tables", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);
        MutableTable columnsTable = new MutableTable("columns", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);
        MutableTable relationshipsTable = new MutableTable("relationships", TableType.TABLE, informationSchema);
        informationSchema.addTable(tablesTable).addTable(columnsTable).addTable(relationshipsTable);

        // Create "tables" table: name, type, num_columns, remarks
        tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("name", ColumnType.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 0, false));
        tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("type", ColumnType.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 1, true));
        tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("num_columns", ColumnType.INTEGER, tablesTable, 2, true));
        tablesTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("remarks", ColumnType.VARCHAR, tablesTable, 3, true));

        // Create "columns" table: name, type, native_type, size, nullable,
        // indexed, table, remarks
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("name", ColumnType.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 0, false));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("type", ColumnType.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 1, true));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("native_type", ColumnType.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 2, true));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("size", ColumnType.INTEGER, columnsTable, 3, true));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("nullable", ColumnType.BOOLEAN, columnsTable, 4, true));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("indexed", ColumnType.BOOLEAN, columnsTable, 5, true));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("table", ColumnType.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 6, false));
        columnsTable.addColumn(new MutableColumn("remarks", ColumnType.VARCHAR, columnsTable, 7, true));

        // Create "relationships" table: primary_table, primary_column,
        // foreign_table, foreign_column
        relationshipsTable
                .addColumn(new MutableColumn("primary_table", ColumnType.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 0, false));
        relationshipsTable
                .addColumn(new MutableColumn("primary_column", ColumnType.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 1, false));
        relationshipsTable
                .addColumn(new MutableColumn("foreign_table", ColumnType.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 2, false));
        relationshipsTable
                .addColumn(new MutableColumn("foreign_column", ColumnType.VARCHAR, relationshipsTable, 3, false));

        MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                columnsTable.getColumnByName("table"));
        MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("primary_table"));
        MutableRelationship.createRelationship(tablesTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("foreign_table"));
        MutableRelationship.createRelationship(columnsTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("primary_column"));
        MutableRelationship.createRelationship(columnsTable.getColumnByName("name"),
                relationshipsTable.getColumnByName("foreign_column"));

        return informationSchema;
    }

    private DataSet materializeInformationSchemaTable(final Table table, final List selectItems) {
        final String tableName = table.getName();
        final List columnSelectItems =
                table.getColumns().stream().map(SelectItem::new).collect(Collectors.toList());
        final SimpleDataSetHeader header = new SimpleDataSetHeader(columnSelectItems);
        final List tables = getDefaultSchema().getTables();
        final List data = new ArrayList();
        if ("tables".equals(tableName)) {
            // "tables" columns: name, type, num_columns, remarks
            for (Table t : tables) {
                String typeString = null;
                if (t.getType() != null) {
                    typeString = t.getType().toString();
                }
                data.add(new DefaultRow(header,
                        new Object[] { t.getName(), typeString, t.getColumnCount(), t.getRemarks() }));
            }
        } else if ("columns".equals(tableName)) {
            // "columns" columns: name, type, native_type, size, nullable,
            // indexed, table, remarks
            for (Table t : tables) {
                for (Column c : t.getColumns()) {
                    String typeString = null;
                    if (t.getType() != null) {
                        typeString = c.getType().toString();
                    }
                    data.add(new DefaultRow(header, new Object[] { c.getName(), typeString, c.getNativeType(),
                            c.getColumnSize(), c.isNullable(), c.isIndexed(), t.getName(), c.getRemarks() }));
                }
            }
        } else if ("relationships".equals(tableName)) {
            // "relationships" columns: primary_table, primary_column,
            // foreign_table, foreign_column
            for (Relationship r : getDefaultSchema().getRelationships()) {
                List primaryColumns = r.getPrimaryColumns();
                List foreignColumns = r.getForeignColumns();
                Table pTable = r.getPrimaryTable();
                Table fTable = r.getForeignTable();
                for (int i = 0; i < primaryColumns.size(); i++) {
                    Column pColumn = primaryColumns.get(i);
                    Column fColumn = foreignColumns.get(i);
                    data.add(new DefaultRow(header,
                            new Object[] { pTable.getName(), pColumn.getName(), fTable.getName(), fColumn.getName() }));
                }
            }
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot materialize non information_schema table: " + table);
        }

        DataSet dataSet;
        if (data.isEmpty()) {
            dataSet = new EmptyDataSet(selectItems);
        } else {
            dataSet = new InMemoryDataSet(header, data);
        }

        // Handle column subset
        final DataSet selectionDataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);
        dataSet = selectionDataSet;

        return dataSet;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a {@link TypeConverter} to this DataContext's query engine (Query Postprocessor) for read operations. Note
     * that this method should NOT be invoked directly by consuming code. Rather use
     * {@link Converters#addTypeConverter(DataContext, Column, TypeConverter)} to ensure conversion on both reads and
     * writes.
     */
    @Override
    public void addConverter(Column column, TypeConverter converter) {
        converters.put(column, converter);
    }

    /**
     * @return the main schema that subclasses of this class produce
     */
    protected abstract Schema getMainSchema() throws MetaModelException;

    /**
     * @return the name of the main schema that subclasses of this class produce
     */
    protected abstract String getMainSchemaName() throws MetaModelException;

    /**
     * Execute a simple one-table query against a table in the main schema of the subclasses of this class. This default
     * implementation will delegate to {@link #materializeMainSchemaTable(Table, List, int, int)} and apply WHERE item
     * filtering afterwards.
     * 
     * @param table
     * @param selectItems
     * @param whereItems
     * @param firstRow
     * @param maxRows
     * @return
     */
    protected DataSet materializeMainSchemaTable(Table table, List selectItems, List whereItems,
            int firstRow, int maxRows) {
        final List workingSelectItems = buildWorkingSelectItems(selectItems, whereItems);
        DataSet dataSet;
        if (whereItems.isEmpty()) {
            // paging is pushed down to materializeMainSchemaTable
            dataSet = materializeMainSchemaTableSelect(table, workingSelectItems, firstRow, maxRows);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);
        } else {
            // do not push down paging, first we have to apply filtering
            dataSet = materializeMainSchemaTableSelect(table, workingSelectItems, 1, -1);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getFiltered(dataSet, whereItems);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getPaged(dataSet, firstRow, maxRows);
            dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);
        }
        return dataSet;
    }

    /**
     * Executes a simple one-table query against a table in the main schema of the subclasses of this class. This
     * default implementation will delegate to {@link #materializeMainSchemaTable(Table, List, int, int)}.
     *
     * @param table
     * @param selectItems
     * @param firstRow
     * @param maxRows
     * @return
     */
    protected DataSet materializeMainSchemaTableSelect(Table table, List selectItems, int firstRow,
            int maxRows) {
        List columns = selectItems.stream().map(si -> si.getColumn()).collect(Collectors.toList());

        DataSet dataSet = materializeMainSchemaTable(table, columns, firstRow, maxRows);

        dataSet = MetaModelHelper.getSelection(selectItems, dataSet);

        return dataSet;
    }

    /**
     * Executes a simple one-table query against a table in the main schema of the subclasses of this class. This
     * default implementation will delegate to {@link #materializeMainSchemaTable(Table, List, int)} and apply a
     * {@link FirstRowDataSet} if necessary.
     * 
     * @param table
     * @param columns
     * @param firstRow
     * @param maxRows
     * @return
     */
    protected DataSet materializeMainSchemaTable(Table table, List columns, int firstRow, int maxRows) {
        final int rowsToMaterialize;
        if (firstRow == 1) {
            rowsToMaterialize = maxRows;
        } else {
            rowsToMaterialize = maxRows + (firstRow - 1);
        }
        DataSet dataSet = materializeMainSchemaTable(table, columns, rowsToMaterialize);
        if (firstRow > 1) {
            dataSet = new FirstRowDataSet(dataSet, firstRow);
        }
        return dataSet;
    }

    /**
     * Executes a simple one-table query against a table in the main schema of the subclasses of this class.
     * 
     * @param table the table to query
     * @param columns the columns of the table to query
     * @param maxRows the maximum amount of rows needed or -1 if all rows are wanted.
     * @return a dataset with the raw table/column content.
     */
    protected abstract DataSet materializeMainSchemaTable(Table table, List columns, int maxRows);
}